[35] Heimsk., iii. 161. [36] "in the midst." [37] "Thor, aid!" or perhaps Tyr, the Mars of the Northmen. See Kemble's _Saxons in England_, i. 350; and Thierry's _Conquête de l'Ang. par les Normands_, sub an. 912-997. [38] Hamon-aux-Dents, seigneur de Thorigny, of which place the church is dedicated to S. Amand. [39] Moustaches. [40] See also Malmesbury, bk. iii., sub an. 1066. [41] The particular localities where the spears and other weapons have been found are mentioned in the Description of the engravings. [42] "Saxon Obsequies," by the Hon. R. C. Neville. [43] Collectanea Antiqua, vol. iii. [44] La Normandie Souterraine. [45] Das germanische Todtenlager bei Selzen in der Provinz Rheinhessen. [46] Afbildninger fra det Kongelige Museum for Nordiske Oldsager i Kjöbenhavn. [47] See the examples engraved in the Archæologia, vol. xxxv. p. 78. [48] "Fairford Graves." [49] Ancient Egyptians, vol. i. p. 353, sq., ed. 1854. [50] See the Abbé Cochet's work, p. 283. [51] Archæol., vol. xxxv. [52] Journal of Archæol. Association, vol. iii. [53] Ibid. [54] Apud Bongars, p. 241. [55] Normand. Souterr., p. 369. [56] Kemble, Codex Dipl., No. 979. [57] In quoting illuminated manuscripts, we shall be careful to give the Collection and the folio; but, where not expressed to the contrary, beg it to be understood that the place of deposit is the British Museum. [58] See Henault, 1655; and Chiflet, _Anastasis Childerici Primi_. [59] See Cochet, Lindenschmit, and the Transactions of the Luxembourg Society, vol. viii. p. 45. [60] Saxon Obsequies. [61] Landulphi senioris Mediolanens.--Hist. Rer. Ital., tom. iv. p. 79. [62] Lib. iii. Ep. 3. [63] Collect. Antiq., vol. iii. [64] Ibid. [65] Glossary to "Beowulf." [66] Primeval Antiq. of Denmark, p. 49. [67] Atla-Quida, vol. ii. p. 370. [68] Vol. i. p. 186. [69] Saxons in England, ii. 100. [70] Manual of the Society of Northern Antiquaries of Copenhagen. [71] Worsaae's Antiq. of Denmark. [72] Worsaae's "Danes in England." [73] For a fuller account of this transaction, and of other notable deeds of our hero-smith, see the Völundar Quida of the Edda Sæmundar, and the Wilkina Saga (c. 21, sq.); also Grimm's Heldensage, p. 14, and Teut. Mythol., 221. [74] Kemble's "Saxons in England," p. 280. [75] _Normandie Souterraine_, p. 44. [76] Boys' Hist. of Sandwich. The charter is given in Mr. Kemble's _Codex Diplom. Ævi Sax._, iv. 23. [77] Stothard, Pl. XIX. [78] Northern. [79] blade. [80] long-handled. [81] must hold it. [82] From _ira_. [83] The passage which has furnished these lines is further curious, as it would seem to shew that the _Fraternitas Armorum_ was not confined to the knightly order. These two English guisarmiers enter the field of Hastings under a similar compact to triumph or fall together:--