The Gesta Danorum (Books I-IX) on Sciold

The Danish History, > Books I-Ix > Customary Law.

• attestation: Sciold fought Attila and separately fought Scate for the hand of Alfhild.

  "Sciold v. Attila. Sciold v. Scate, for the hand of Alfhild"

The Danish History, > Books I-Ix > Statute Laws.

• attestation: Sciold is the patriarch-king and arch-king who abolished evil customs and made good laws.

  ""Sciold" first of all the arch-king"

• attestation: Sciold decreed perpetual slavery after a freedman attempted his life, revoking all manumissions.

  "Sciold thereupon decrees the unlawfulness of manumissions, or (as Saxo puts it), revoked all manumissions, thus ordaining perpetual slavery on all that were or might become slaves"

The Danish History, > Books I-Ix > Folk-Tales.

• attestation: Sciold was full grown at fifteen, and Hadding achieved full maturity in extreme youth, following the Hero's Mighty Childhood pattern.

  "Sciold is full grown at fifteen, and Hadding is full grown in extreme youth"