ABSTRACT
1 FROTHI, the Danish champion and king, had scarcely passed the years of adolescence when he fought single-handed against a serpent of wondrous size and ferocity. The beast spurned any blow from the sword of an assailant because of its rough, bristling skin, and, when javelins were hurled at it, it escaped harm from the thrower’s attempt, for they rebounded without effect. But Frothi plunged his sword into its belly and killed it. 1
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