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sometimes stitched with gold, were worn : Occasionally they 

 were lined with down. In the hand a staff was generally 

 carried, with or without an axe. 



" Bard sat in a high-seat ; he w as bald and dressed in scarlet 

 clothes, and w ore gloves of hart-skin " (Fornmanna Sogtir, 

 ii. 148). 



On the head a liott (hat) was worn. Skdlhatt (a hat 

 formed like a bowl) is mentioned, also black, grey, and white 

 hats. Another head-covering mentioned is a silken f-ap 

 ornamented with lace ; those from Gardariki seem to have 

 been most appreciated. 



After a battle at sea between King Ingi and Sigurd 

 Slembidjakn. a pretender to the crown of Norway, in which 

 Ingi got the victory, Sigurd jumped overboard and took oil 

 his coat-of-mail while swimming under his shield. The king's 

 men nevertheless found him. 



" Thjostolf -Alason went to him (Sigurd) where he sat and 

 struck off his head a silk cap ornamented with lace bands." 



" Thorkel Sursson had on his head a hat from Gardariki. a 

 grey fur cloak, with a gold buckle on the shoulder, and a sword 

 in his hand " (Gisli Sursson, p. 55). 



Karl and Leif saw a man approaching, "who had in his 

 hand a cudgel (refdi), wore a broad- brimmed hat, and a green 

 woollen cloak ; he \\as barefooted, but had linen breeches tied 

 (with a band) round his legs " (St. Olaf's Saga, c. 153). 



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" The everyday dress of An was a white fur-coat, so long 

 that it touched his heels ; a grey short fur-coat over it reached 

 down to the middle of the calf of his leg ; over it was a red 

 kirtle, which reached below the knee. Over this was a common 

 trading cloth blouse (stakk), which reached to the middle of 

 his thigh. He had a hat on his head, and a chopping-axe in 

 his hand " (An Bogsveigi's Saga. c. 5). 



The wearing of moustaches by warriors seems to have been 

 very common from the earliest time ; this is seen from the 

 bracteates and antiquities belonging to the earlier and Intel- 

 iron age, The custom, which continued to the end of the 

 Pagan era, and which is also well illustrated in the Bayeux 



1 Cf. Svarfdtela Saga, c. 5, and Magnus Barefoot, c. 8. 



