300 DRESS OF MEN. 



" He was so tall that no other man reached higher than to 

 his shoulders ; he was very handsome, and fair-haired. He was 

 well armed ; he had a very fine helmet, a coat of mail, and a 

 red shield ; he was girt with an ornamented sword and had 

 a large spear inlaid with gold, whose handle was so thick 

 that it could scarcely be grasped with the hand " (St. Olaf s 

 , c. 22). 



It was the custom for those who attended the Thing to put 

 on their best clothes. 



" The champion Gunnar came to the Althing, so finely dressed 

 that none were dressed as well, and the people came out ot 

 every booth to admire him. He had on the scarlet state l 

 clothes which King Harald Gormsson (Denmark) gave him. 

 ami a gold ring on his hand from Hakon jarl " (Njala, c. 33). 



1 Fignarkloedi = dignity-clothes ; clothes of highborn men. 



