Editing Gillingr (section)

=== 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".{{Sfn|Orchard|1997|p=56}}
{{Poem quote|text=I desire silence for Har’s ale [Odin’s mead, poetry] while I raise Gilling’s payment [the mead], while his descent in pot-liquid [the mead, poetry] of gallows-cargo [Odin] we trace to gods.|char=|sign=[[Eyvindr skáldaspillir]]|title=|source=Skáld. 3, trans. A. Faulkes, 1987.}}