Saxo Grammaticus

[ sak-soh gruh-mat-i-kuhs ]

noun

c1150–1206?, Danish historian and poet.

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In the luxuriant beech-woods which surround the lake, Saxo Grammaticus, the first historian of Denmark, was wont to wander.
Denmark | M. Pearson Thomson
A study of this subject would be incomplete without some reference to the mythology of Saxo Grammaticus.
The Edda, Vol. 1 | Winifred Faraday
Saxo Grammaticus, another old cosmographer, also mentions this tree.
Myth-Land | F. Edward Hulme
He published an excellent translation of Saxo Grammaticus in 1575.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 | Various
Saxo Grammaticus, ecclesiastic as he was, has left us several accounts of cremations.
Beowulf | R. W. Chambers

British Dictionary definitions for Saxo Grammaticus

Saxo Grammaticus

/ (ˈsæksəʊ ɡrəˈmætɪkəs) /

noun

?1150–?1220, Danish chronicler, noted for his Gesta Danorum, a history of Denmark down to 1185, written in Latin, which is partly historical and partly mythological, and contains the Hamlet (Amleth) legend

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