eoꝼeꞃ-líc ꞅción “They seemed a boar’s form oꞃ-oꝼeꞃ hleoꞃ bæꞃon; to bear over their cheeks; ᵹe-hꞃoꝺen ᵹolꝺe, twisted with gold, ꝼáh anꝺ ꝼýꞃ-heaꞃꝺ, variegated and hardened in the fire, ꝼeꞃh ƿeaꞃꝺe heólꝺ. this kept the guard of life: I. 604. be-ꝼonᵹen ꝼꞃeá-ƿꞃáꞅnum, Surrounded with lordly chains, ꞅƿa híne ꝼẏꞃn ꝺaᵹum even as in days of yore ƿoꞃhꞇe ƿæpna ꞅmið, the weapon smith had wrought it, ƿunꝺꞃum ꞇeóꝺe, had wondrously furnished it, [swine, be-ꞅeꞇꞇe ꞅƿín-lícum, had set it round with the shapes of ꝥ hine ꞅẏðan nó that never afterwards bꞃonꝺ né beaꝺo-mecaꞅ brand or war-knife bíꞇan ne meahꞇon: might have power to bite it: I. 2901 æꞇ þæm áꝺe ƿæꞅ At the pile was eþ-ᵹe-ꞅýne easy to be seen ꞅƿáꞇ-ꝼah ꞅẏꞃce, the mail shirt covered with gore, ꞅƿýn eal-ᵹẏlꝺen, the hog of gold, eoꝼeꞃ íꞃen heaꞃꝺ: the boar hard as iron: I. 2213. Heꞇ ðá in-beꞃan Then commanded he to bring in eaꝼoꞃ-heáꝼod-ꞅeᵹn, the boar, an ornament to the head, heaþo-ꞅꞇeapne helm, the helmet lofty in war, heꞃe-bẏꞃnan, the grey mail coat, ᵹuð-ꞅƿeoꞃꝺ ᵹeáꞇo-líc: the ready battle sword.” I. 4299. It will be noticed in these extracts that “mail coat” or “mail shirt” is twice mentioned, as well as the “helmet lofty in war.” Thus the passages in a remarkable degree illustrate this extraordinary discovery, which embraced a coat of mail along with the helmet and other objects. The coat appears to have consisted of a mass of chainwork, the links of which were attached to each other by small rings.