“‘Now, herra, look at this payment for quarters, though it is less than you deserve.’ It was a cloak, the fur of which was lined with pell, with a golden band on the neck-strap, a most costly thing. Gudmund said: ‘I thank thee for it, I have never received a better gift.’ They parted good friends” (Ljosvetninga Saga, c. 13). “Ögmund put on a cloak (feld) of two colours, ornamented with bands beneath the shoulder; it was very costly” (Fornmanna Sögur, ii.). [Illustration: Fig. 1147.—Well preserved bracelet of silk, knitted with gold threads, found in Bjerringhoi mound at Mammen, near Viborg. Real size. ] [Illustration: Fig. 1148.—Piece of woven woollen cloth, brownish colour. ] [Illustration: Fig. 1149.—Remnant of brown woollen cloth of thin threads and very loose weaving. ] “He (Thormód) had covered himself with a double-furred cloak which he owned. It was black on one side, and white on the other” (Fóstbrædra Saga, c. 32). The different garments were:— _Skyrta_, or _serk_, the name given to the shirt worn next the body, which was put on by means of a small opening[206] for the head called _hofudsmátt_. [Illustration: Fig. 1150.—Border of fine woven red silk cloth (1½ inches broad), with gold and silver threads woven into it, and four-cornered pattern with representation of Svastica, found in the mound. ] [Illustration: Fig. 1151.—Piece of cloth with two lions or leopards facing each other. ⅓ real size.—Mammen find. ] The _kyrtil_ shaped like a shirt with sleeves, and put over it. Blue, red, and brown seem to have been the favourite colours for this garment.[207] Sometimes the kirtle is called _skyrta_, or shirt; so both must have been alike in shape. A sleeveless kirtle is mentioned as uncommon.[208] The _hjúp_ which seems to have been a short kirtle without sleeves, sometimes lined with furs, worn sometimes over the coat of mail.[209] “Sigurd went up on the island. He wore a red kirtle, and a blue cloak with straps on his shoulders; he was girt with a sword, and had a helmet on his head” (Fœreyinga Saga, c. 57). _Linbrækr_ (linen drawers) which seem to have been often worn, and were kept on at night. _Breeches_ seems to have been of two kinds:— _Brækr_ (the more common) were held up round the waist by a belt, fastened with a buckle, which was usually wide, but considered more showy when it was narrow. [Illustration: Fig. 1152.—Fragment of woollen stuff, ⅔ real size, found in a tumulus with fragments of a sword, spear points, two axes, a shield boss of iron, and a large number of pieces of stuffs of different qualities, pieces of the skin of a horse still having hair adhering to it.—Norway. ] “He had strange clothes made—hairy breeches (brækr) and cloak, and he had them put into boiling pitch and hardened” (Ragnar Lodbrók, c. 2).