The Gesta Danorum (Books I-IX) on Handwan
The Danish History, > Book Two
attestation: Handwan had learned from Hadding's past fire-attack and cleared tame birds from all his houses as a precaution
"This king, warned by Hadding's having once fired his town, accordingly cleared the tame birds out of all his houses"
attestation: Handwan drowned his royal wealth in the sea rather than let it fall to Frode
"Handwan, seeing that the fortunes of his country were lost and overthrown, put all his royal wealth on shipboard and drowned it in the sea, so as to enrich the waves rather than his enemy"
attestation: Handwan gave Frode his daughter in marriage with a courtly speech that also preserved his kingdom's freedom
"The courtliness of this saying not only won him his conqueror for son-in-law, but saved the freedom of his realm"