Editing Geirröðr (section)

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In ''[[Gesta Danorum]]'' (early 13th c.), Thorkillus and his companions notice the pierced body of an old man and three dead women with their backs broken as they visit the vile hall of the dead Geruthus (Geirrøth). Thorkillus tells them that Thor had driven a hot [[ingot]] through Geruthus and killed his daughters with thunderbolts.{{Sfn|Lindow|2002|p=138}}{{Sfn|Fisher|2015|p=609}}

{{Poem quote|text=Advancing, they saw a shattered section of cliff and not far away on a higher platform an old man with a perforated body sitting opposite the area of broken rock ... Since his comrades were curious to know, Thorkil, who was well aware of the reasons behind things, taught them that once the god Thor, harassment by the giants’ insolence, had driven a burning ingot though the vitals of Geirrœth, who was struggling against him...|char=|sign=[[Saxo Grammaticus]]|title=''[[Gesta Danorum]]''|source=8:14:15, trans. P. Fisher, 2015.}}

In [[Þorsteins þáttr bæjarmagns|''Thorsteins þáttr baejarmagns'']], Thor's deeds have been reworked and transferred to a hero named Thorstein, involved in a sporting event at the hall of the giant-king Geirröd where a heavy red-hot seal’s head is thrown between the contestants.{{Sfn|Orchard|1997|p=54}}