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The place in which the weapons were kept was called tin- 

 hasoetis-kista, or high-seat chest. 



"The King went down into the foreroom, opened the liasoeiis- 

 kista, and took out many sharp swords, which he gave to the 

 men" (Olaf Tryggvason, c. 117). 



" In the foreroom were also sleeping-places. The men in 

 this and the stafnbuar were called fyrir-rumsmenn. Those 

 before the mast were all called frambyggjar (bowsitters) " 

 (Harald Fairhair, c. 11). 



The ship was highest forward and aft, and was pointed at 

 both ends. 



Fis;. 917. Ship propelled by oars. Slab. Haggeley, Uppland, Sweden. Similar 

 to the Egyptian bas-relief on the Temple of Medmet-Hakou (see p. 1'Jo). 



As the largest ships were lofty, they required a deck 

 (thiljur), but decks are very seldom mentioned. 



Thorir sailed westward to England, to Knut the Great, with 

 his valuable skins. 



" Thorir Hund went on board of his ship ; Finn with many 

 men followed him thither, and went along the ship. He had 

 taken up the deck, and under the planks near the mast thry 

 saw two barrels, so large that they wondered at them. In the 

 barrels there was an inner bottom close to the outer one, be- 



