Fig. 813.—Double-edged sword, with handle hilt of silver and bronze gilt; found by the side of the remains of a skeleton, with a spear-head, several arrow-heads, and a knife—all of iron; a glass cup, a gilt bronze fibula, and bones of a dog, &c. ⅙ real size.—Götland. ] [Illustration: Fig. 814.—Pommel of the sword. Real size.—Götland? ] [Illustration: Fig. 815.—Ornament of bronze gilt, with round garnets. Real size. Endregårda, Götland. ] [Illustration: Fig. 816.—Buckle of gilt bronze with garnets _enchassés_. Real size.—Endregårda, Götland. ] [Illustration: Fig. 817.—Pommel of sword, in gilt bronze and silver.—Falköping, Vestergötland. ½ real size. ] [Illustration: Fig. 818.—Part of a massive gold pommel of sword found in a field in Leijeby, Halland. Real size. ] The _mækir_, the _sverd_, and the _sax_ seem to have been the three kinds of swords used by the people. [Illustration: Fig. 819.—Silver ornament for scabbard, real size.—Norway. ] [Illustration: Fig. 820.—Pommel of sword of massive gold, ornamented with garnets _enchassés_. Real size. Earlier iron age.—Bohuslan. ] [Illustration: Fig. 821.—Reverse view of Fig. 822. ] [Illustration: Fig. 822.—Silver ornament (both sides shown) found in the sand. Real size.—Scania. ] [Illustration: Fig. 823.—Silver thong aiguillette. Real size. ] [Illustration: Fig. 824.—Gold ornament of sword belt. Real size.—Thureholm, Södermanland. ] [Illustration: Fig. 825.—Bronze mounting to a belt, found, when ploughing, with a short single-edged sword, four arrow-heads, a shield-boss, iron bit, a round fibula of bronze, and thirty glass beads, &c. Real size.—Götland. ] [Illustration: Fig. 826.—Ornament of gilt bronze, with border in silver, found in a mound. Real size.—Öland. ] [Illustration: Fig. 827.—Mounting of thong, ⅔ real size, with leather still attached to it, in gilt bronze with red enamel. With it were an iron sword with gilt bronze handle, two bits, two stirrups, more than 100 clinch nails of the size of those in the Ultuna mound, a clay urn with burnt bones, and the unburnt jaw of a dog, &c.—Scania. ] [Illustration: Fig. 828.—Ornament of gilt bronze, real size.—Norway. ] [Illustration: Fig. 829.—Ornament of gilt bronze, ⅔ real size; found in a tumulus, with fibula, horse’s bit, &c.—Norway. ] [Illustration: Fig. 830.—Ornament of solid gold for the mouth of a scabbard.—Malby, Vestergötland. ] [Illustration: Fig. 831.—Reverse view of Fig. 830. In all ornamentation one side is not similar to the other. ] [Illustration: Fig. 832.—Massive ring of gold (probably fixed at the mouth of a scabbard); weight, 5 oz. Real size.—Vestergötland. ] [Illustration: Fig. 833. ] [Illustration: Fig. 834.—Reverse of Fig. 833. ]