Prose Edda In
Skáldskaparmál (The Language of Poetry), the dwarfs
Fjalar and Galar kill Gillingr by overturning his boat. When his wife hears of the news, she is "greatly distressed" and "weeps loudly" and the dwarf Galar, "weary of her howling", eventually kills her by dropping a millstone on her head.
Viking Age Gillingr is mentioned in a skaldic verse by
Eyvindr skáldaspillir (10th c. AD), who portrays the mead of poetry as "Gilling’s compensation". == Legacy ==