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vicinis gentibus commercia; genealogia item, chronologia, & qvæcunque ad regni
Norvegici illustrationem spectant, singula ex archivis regiis, & optimis, qvæ haberi potuerunt, membranis, aliisque fide dignissimis authoribus, eruta, luci publicæ exponuntur. Cum prolegomenis & indicibus necessariis: Thormodi Torfæi Historiae rerum Noruegicarum pars tertia, continens ea quæ à tempore introductæ in Noruegiam christianæ religionis ad initium usque regni Suerreris acta sunt
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have suggested that Gorm was buried first in Queen Thyra's grave mound at
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Thormodi Torfæi ... Historia rerum
Noruegicarum in quatuor tomos diuisa. In qua, præter Noruegiæ descriptionem, primordia gentis, instituta, mores, incrementa; ... & inprimis heroum ac regum, tam ante qvà m post monarchiam institutam, successiones, eorumque domi juxta ac foris gesta, cumque
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779:(in Danish). Iversen. p. 419
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585:"The Royal Lineage"
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