The Prose Edda on Suttung
The Younger Edda: > Chapter Iv. > The Origin Of Poetry.
attestation: The giant Suttung, son of Gilling, seized the dwarfs and stranded them on a tidal reef until they offered the mead
"the giant Suttung, the son of Gilling, found this out he came and seized the dwarfs, took them out to sea and left them on a rocky island, which was flooded at high tide"
attestation: Suttung hid the mead in Hnitbjorg and set his daughter Gunlad to guard it
"Suttung brought the mead home with him, and hid it in a place called Hnitbjorg. He set his daughter Gunlad to guard it"
attestation: Suttung refused to give a drop of mead, so Bolverk and Bauge used the auger Rate to bore through rock to reach it
"Suttung stoutly refused to give even a drop of the mead. Bolverk then proposed to Bauge that they should try whether they could not get at the mead by the aid of some trick"