Re: [tied] Grimm and Verner

I found at least one author who think the Beowulf Geats should be
equated with the Getae: Jane Acomb Leake 'The geats of Beowulf' Un.
of Wisc. press 1967.

In it I find the quote from Monstrorum:
The translation:
And there are [monsters] of marvelous size: for instance, King
Hygelac (Huiglaucus my ins.) who ruled the Getae (Getis, my ins.) and
was killed by the franks . His horse could not carry him for the time
he was twelve years old. His bones are preserved on an island in the
Rhinewhere it rushes into the ocean and are exhibited as a miracle to
those who come from afar.

As Leake also writes this description of Hygelac as a huge strong
man (monster)makes it probable that the Monstrorum writer
deliberately want to associate the people of Hycelac with the Getae,
since they also are associated with the featurs big and strong. He
also uses the sources Virgil Augustine and Isidore, all of whom make
reference to the Getae.
"Since he wrote at least a few generation after Hygelac's death it
might well have seemed to him that Hygelac ruled when the Danes could
yet be called Getes, the ancient and powerful people from whom they
were descended." Leake also writes.

Best wishes
Anders