A silver belt was round her legs when she jumped out of her 

 bed ; a bag containing many of her precious things was 

 hanging on it " (Sturlunga, ix., c. 3). 



King Hakon went to tell his queen the news that her father, 

 Skiili, had assumed the title of king. 



" He went to the bed, and the queen stood in a silk shirt, 

 and threw over herself a red mottul ; she received him well, and 

 he was kind to her. She took a silk cushion and asked the 

 king to sit down ; he said he would not. She asked for news. 

 ' There is little news,' the king answered ; ' there are two 

 kings in Norway now.' ' 



Women's socks or hose were called skolclsedi (shoe clothes) ; 

 they are still worn in Scetersdal in Norway, and are often richly 

 embroidered. 



Married women generally had their head covered with a 

 lwfudd.uk (head-cloth). High-born women wore a gold band, 

 or diadem of gold, round the head, a fashion occasionally 

 adopted by men. 



" One day An met Drifa, Karl's daughter, and with her three 

 women. She was handsome, and well dressed in a red kirtle 

 with long sleeves, narrow below, and long and tight at the 

 waist. She wore a band (Mad) 1 round her forehead, and her 

 hair was very fine " (An Bogsveigi's Saga, c. 5). 



One kind of head-dress was called fold (fold) ; others were 

 sveiy, inotr, and krfikfald. The last word probably means a 

 crooked head-dress, perhaps someAvhat similar to those now 

 worn in Normandy and Iceland. It must be concluded that 

 the so-called fold was often made of linen, and it was considered 

 stately to wear this head-dress high. 



Skupla was another head-dress, which fell down over th e 

 face. 



" Once when the famous chief and Saga- writer Snorri Stur- 

 luson was travelling, he met a woman who wore a blue jacket 

 (61 pa) with a felt hood, which was fastened round her head ; 

 she wore it instead of a hat " (Sturlimga, iv., c. 36). 



1 HI ad seems to mean band rather 

 than lace, as it is sometimes translated ; 



the finds show that gold bands or dia- 

 dems were worn. 



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