The Gesta Danorum (Books I-IX) on Swanhild
The Danish History, > Books I-Ix > Magic And Folk-Science.
- attestation: The brothers of Swanhild could not be cut by steel because their mail was charmed by the witch Gudrun.
"The brothers of Swanhild cannot be cut by steel, for their mail was charmed by the witch Gudrun"
The Danish History, > Book Eight.
attestation: Swanhild was accused of treachery and Jarmerik ordered her trampled to death by horses
"the men of the Hellespont that Swanhild had been abominably slain by her husband."
attestation: The death of Swanhild by horse-trampling echoes the Norse legend of Svanhild in the Volsung cycle
"the men of the Hellespont that Swanhild had been abominably slain by her husband."