# gesta (blogs) — RSS Amplifier

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## [Biarce awakens](https://saxogrammaticus.substack.com/p/biarce-awakens)

_2026-03-12 · A. Damgaard · Saxo Grammaticus_

Bjarkamál 2: Translation and commentary

## [To arms!](https://saxogrammaticus.substack.com/p/to-arms)

_2026-03-08 · A. Damgaard · Saxo Grammaticus_

Bjarkamál 1: Translation and commentary

## [Fearing neither fire nor sword](https://saxogrammaticus.substack.com/p/fearing-neither-fire-nor-sword)

_2026-02-28 · A. Damgaard · Saxo Grammaticus_

An Old Norse poetic formula in Gesta Danorum

## [Spending Yule with an ettin](https://saxogrammaticus.substack.com/p/spending-yule-with-an-ettin)

_2025-12-19 · A. Damgaard · Saxo Grammaticus_

An excerpt from the Legendary Chronicle

## [The sign of victory](https://saxogrammaticus.substack.com/p/the-sign-of-victory)

_2025-09-29 · A. Damgaard · Saxo Grammaticus_

The situation is dire for the Danes toward the close of Bjarkamál: Grim-faced Geats have overrun the defenses of Lejre, king Rolf has fallen in suitably heroic fashion, a smile still upon his face, and dead lie heaped up like grisly barrows.

## [The níðstǫng in Gesta Danorum](https://saxogrammaticus.substack.com/p/the-nistong-in-gesta-danorum)

_2025-09-10 · A. Damgaard · Saxo Grammaticus_

Implement of terror, object of ridicule.

## [Wordplay in the story of Amleth](https://saxogrammaticus.substack.com/p/wordplay-in-the-story-of-amleth)

_2025-08-26 · A. Damgaard · Saxo Grammaticus_

About a decade ago, I worked as a custodian at a castle that had been turned into a museum.

## [The Lay of Helga](https://saxogrammaticus.substack.com/p/the-lay-of-helga)

_2025-07-02 · A. Damgaard · Saxo Grammaticus_

Translation and commentary

## [Crested helmets and grim-faced Geats in Lejre](https://saxogrammaticus.substack.com/p/crested-helmets-and-grim-faced-geats)

_2025-04-11 · A. Damgaard · Saxo Grammaticus_

A spectacular gilded helmet fragment has recently been found near Lejre, proof that the crested helmets of warrior elites once thought exclusive to England and Sweden were worn in Denmark too.

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## [A 19th century runic charm against blood-drinking worms](https://saxogrammaticus.substack.com/p/a-19th-century-runic-charm-against)

_2025-03-27 · A. Damgaard · Saxo Grammaticus_

Evald Tang Kristensen didn’t hesitate to steal a grimoire from Erik's desk—one filled with red runes used in charms against worms. These magical formulas, thought to cure diseases caused by worms, have deep roots in Germanic tradition.