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breeches were worn outside the kirtle, and a man was then 

 said to be "girt in breeches," the waistband serving as a belt. 



" A crowd of men had come to the boer. Some of these had 

 walked up to Gaulardal. It happened that a broad-shouldered 

 man walked past them ; he wore a cloak and white hose, and 

 was alone " (Fornmanna Sogur, v.). 



Leistdbrsskr were breeches and stockings in one, and seem 

 to have been tight-fitting, somewhat similar to those found in 

 the Thorsberg bog, which were of great antiquity. On the 

 relief ornamentation on a superb silver vase of Greek work- 

 manship found at Kertch, representing the capture of wild 

 horses, and the different phases of taming them, the men are 

 represented as wearing such breeches. 



Of these there is no description. 



Fig. 1153. Fig. 1154. 



Bronze plates found, Bjornhofda, parish of Thorslunda, showing man's trousers, &c. 



Sokkar (socks) were also used. 



Thorodd had been wounded in a fight, and his breeches 

 were all wet from the blood. 



" The servant of Snorri was to pull off the breeches, and 

 when he pulled he could not get them off. Then he said : 

 ' It is not a lie about you, the sons of Thorbrand, that you are 

 very showy, as you wear such tight clothes that they cannot 

 be pulled' off.' Thorodd answered : ' You do not pull hard 

 enough.' Then the man put his feet against the bedside and 

 pulled with all his strength, and the breeches did not come 

 down. Then Snorri godi came and touched the leg all over, 

 and found that a spear was standing through the foot between 

 the tendon and the leg, and had pierced the foot and the 

 breeches " (Eyrbyggja, c. 4:")). 



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