The Hervarar Saga ok Heiðreks on Gestumblindi
Stories And Ballads > part likewise seems to be a story of the Viking Age. Towards the end, > The Saga Of HervöR And Heithrek
attestation: Further detail from passage 63
"The King sent a message to Gestumblindi bidding him come to him on an appointed day; otherwise the King said that he would send to fetch him."
attestation: Further detail from passage 63
"Neither alternative pleased Gestumblindi, because he knew himself to be no match for the King in a contest of words; neither did he think he had much to hope from a trial before the judges, for his of"
attestation: Further detail from passage 64
"But if you are the Gestumblindi I took you for, you are a more intelligent man than I expected; for I had heard that your conversation showed no brains, yet now you are setting to work "
attestation: Further detail from passage 65
"Gestumblindi said:
What is the marvel which I have seen outside Delling's doorway?"
attestation: Statement from passage 68 of the source text
"Gestumblindi said:
I saw maidens like dust."