Fig. 1262.—Silver fibula, ⅘ real size, with filigree work and ring for a chain.—Öland. ] [Illustration: Fig. 1263.—Buckle of silver; ⅓ real size; weight, 13½ ozs.—Björkås, Tanum parish, Bohuslan. ] [Illustration: Fig. 1264.—Silver buckle; ⅔ real size; weight, 9 oz.; found in 1739.—Vible, Götland. ] [Illustration: Fig. 1265.—Silver chain with Thor’s hammer. ½ real size.—Bredsättra, Öland. ] [Illustration: Fig. 1266.—Bracelet of gold, real size. Middle iron age.—Gudme, Svendborg Amt. ] [Illustration: Fig. 1267.—Amber beads, ½ real size.—Denmark. ] [Illustration: Fig. 1268.—Gold bead, ⅔ real size.—Denmark. ] [Illustration: Fig. 1269.—Ornament of silver, real size, found in a grave mound, with a large hoard consisting of two neck rings, five bracelets, two finger rings, two fibulæ, &c., &c., of silver, three hanging ornaments of bronze, one representing a human face, three silver and fourteen glass beads, &c., &c. Earlier iron age.—Tuna parish, Helsingland, Sweden. ] [Illustration: Fig. 1270.—Silver brooch. ⅔ real size. Found in a tumulus. The sepulchral chamber was about 13½ feet long, 3 feet wide and high, made of slabs and lined with oak planks and birch bark. There were remains of several other brooches, a large bronze vessel with three handles, remains of a silver-gilt fibula and two small silver fibulæ. Earlier iron age. ] [Illustration: Fig. 1271.—Fibula ornamented with filigree work and chain of silver; length, 10½ inches. Found in a field at Ekelunda, Öland. ] [Illustration: Fig. 1272.—Bronze pin. ½ real size.—Aronstorp, Öland. ] ----- Footnote 220: See p. 154. Footnote 221: The name of Ælgyva, mentioned on the tapestry, is evidently the same as the Northern Alfifa. “Svein, son of King Knut and Alfifa, daughter of Alfrun jarl, had been put in Jomsborg to rule Vindland” (St. Olaf’s Saga, c. 252). Footnote 222: _Hlad_ seems to mean band rather than lace, as it is sometimes translated; the finds show that gold bands or diadems were worn. Footnote 223: Among the objects made of gold were spurs, see Völsunga Saga, c. 27; gold chairs, Hrolf Kraki’s Saga, c. 18; gold chests, Fornmanna Sögur, vii.; gold horse-shoes, Fornmanna Sögur, vii.; gold dog-collars, Gautrek’s Saga, c. 9; gold ring-coats of mail, Sigurdarkvida, iii.; gold tablets, Orvar Odd’s Saga, c. 26; cows’ horns occasionally seem to have been covered with gold, as we see from Thrymskvida, st. 23, Helgakvida Hjörvardssonar. Footnote 224: Cf. Hrolf Kraki’s Saga, c. 10–12. Footnote 225: This was probably given him as an amulet to protect him in the fight. CHAPTER XIX. THE BRACTEATES. Gold bracteates—Peculiarity of their designs—Mystic and symbolical signs—Earlier runes—The Vadstena bracteate—The svastica, triskele, and triad.