Saxo Grammaticus

American  

[sak-soh gruh-mat-i-kuhs] / ˈsæk soʊ grəˈmæt ɪ kəs /

noun

1. c1150–1206?, Danish historian and poet.

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Saxo Grammaticus British  

/ ˈsæksəʊ ɡrəˈmætɪkəs /

noun

1. ?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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Example Sentences

One proof of this, for the fanciful and romantic sort of story-telling, will be found in the earlier part of the Danish history written by Saxo Grammaticus.

From Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 by Ker, W. P. (William Paton)

The story of Hamlet is first found in Saxo Grammaticus, a Danish chronicler of the tenth century.

From Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature by Zeitlin, Jacob

Offa came to be regarded as a Danish king, and his story is told at length by the two earliest historians of Denmark, Sweyn Aageson and Saxo Grammaticus.

From Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by Chambers, R. W.

Saxo Grammaticus blames King Svend Grath� for neglecting to attend these meetings of the people.

From King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 1 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. by Ingemann, Bernhard Severin

It is proper to show what form the story about the Longobardian emigration had assumed toward the close of the twelfth century in the writings of the Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus.

From Teutonic Mythology, Vol. 1 of 3 Gods and Goddesses of the Northland by Ph.D.