_Hosur_[210] were a showier kind of breeches; they seem also to have covered the feet, and to have been tight, like high stockings. They were of cloth or skin, and resembled high boots: spurs were often attached to them. Sometimes the breeches were worn outside the kirtle, and a man was then said to be “girt in breeches,” the waistband serving as a belt. “A crowd of men had come to the bœr. Some of these had walked up to Gaulardal. It happened that a broad-shouldered man walked past them; he wore a cloak and white hose, and was alone” (Fornmanna Sögur, v.). _Leistabrækr_ were breeches and stockings in one, and seem to have been tight-fitting, somewhat similar to those found in the Thorsberg bog, which were of great antiquity. On the relief ornamentation on a superb silver vase of Greek workmanship found at Kertch, representing the capture of wild horses, and the different phases of taming them, the men are represented as wearing such breeches. _Hökulbrækr._ Of these there is no description. [Illustration: Fig. 1153. ] [Illustration: Fig. 1154. ] Bronze plates found, Björnhofda, parish of Thorslunda, showing man’s trousers, &c. _Sokkar_ (socks) were also used. Thórodd had been wounded in a fight, and his breeches were all wet from the blood. “The servant of Snorri was to pull off the breeches, and when he pulled he could not get them off. Then he said: ‘It is not a lie about you, the sons of Thorbrand, that you are very showy, as you wear such tight clothes that they cannot be pulled off.’ Thórodd answered: ‘You do not pull hard enough.’ Then the man put his feet against the bedside and pulled with all his strength, and the breeches did not come down. Then Snorri godi came and touched the leg all over, and found that a spear was standing through the foot between the tendon and the leg, and had pierced the foot and the breeches” (Eyrbyggja, c. 45). The belts worn round the waist were often very costly, and of silver and gold. “Thjóf (= Fridthjóf) threw off his cloak; he had on a dark blue kirtle under it, and wore the good ring on his hand (or arm). He wore a broad silver belt round his waist, and a large bag with pure silver money in it, and a sword at his side. He had on his head a large hood made of skin, for he had weak eyes and was hairy all over his face” (Fridthjóf’s Saga, c. 11). These cloaks were the most costly part of their dress; they were made of materials called _gudvef_, _pell_, and _baldakin_.[211] Among the many kinds of cloaks mentioned were— The _Kapa_, or hood-cloak, the usual colour of which for everyday use was grey; for feasts, scarlet; sometimes lined with fur. The _Feld_, identical with the Kapa, both sides of which were sometimes of different colours. There were also rain or dust cloaks, and cloaks made of reindeer-skin.