CLOAKS. 



spear in his hand. He twisted the cloak-pin off, and leaned 

 upon the blade of his spear. When Hem ing came down he 

 took hold of the king's cloak, but the king- bowed down his 

 head, and let go the cloak, so that Heining flew down off the 

 rock " (Flateyjarbok, iii. 409). 



Fig. 1145. Piece of cloth found in Bjerringhoi 

 mound at Mammen, near Viborg. j real size. 



Fig. 1146. Fragment of woollen cloth, 

 ornamented with hands and human 

 faces. real size. Mammen find. 



Helgi, a Norwegian trader, was invited to stay with 

 Gudmund the powerful, on Modruvellir, a whole winter. When 

 he left he said to him : 



" ' Now, herra, look at this payment for quarters, though it 

 is less than you deserve.' It was a cloak, the fur of which was 

 lined with pell, with a golden band on the neck-strap, a most 

 costly thing. Gudmund said : ' I thank thee for it, I have 

 never received a better gift.' They parted good friends" 

 (Ljosvetninga Saga, c. 13). 



