She confessed her guilt during torture, and pointed out several people of both sexes, including vicars, which led to the expansion of the witch trial, as her words were taken very seriously.
The people pointed out were arrested and tortured "so hard their limbs were separated" (Malmö, 3 December 1543), but no one other than Gyde confessed.
A merchant's wife from Helsingör was released after she was given an alibi by the citizens of the city saying that she was somewhere else at the time when she was supposed to have been with the witches performing the enchantment.
In 1589, women in Copenhagen were blamed for causing the fleet which was to take Anne of Denmark to her wedding with King James VI of Scotland to turn and go to Norway by making a storm.
In 1530, the "wives of Lars Kylling and Jørgen Olsen" were burned on Bornholm, but the island was at this point (1525–75) ruled by Lübeck.