THE STANDARD. 



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The standard-bearer stood by the prow of the ship, and the 

 pennant seems to have been carried at the masthead. 



" The pennant, spun by women, played at the masthead of 

 the reindeer of the rollers " (Knutsdrapa). 



Fig. 935. Bayeux tapestry. 



Fig. 936. Baptismal font, Church of Lodurup, Scania, Sweden. 



"When Eirik blodox (blood-axe) got the kino-ship, he had 

 feasts in Hordaland and Firda Fylki. He took hirdmeu with 

 him. One spring he made ready to go to Bjarmaland, and 

 selected men for the journey. Thorolf went with him, and 

 was placed in the prow of his ship, and carried his standard. 

 Thorolf was then taller and stronger than other men, and 

 therein like his father " (Egil's Saga, c. 37). 



