Good is this ale,
If no defect
Follows it;
I see hanging
From a high gallows
Thy son, woman,
Given to Odin.
In that year, Vikar, the son of King Alrek and Geirhild was born” (Half’s Saga, c. i.).
That the people knew the art of weaving[[264]] we have ample proofs in the sagas, and also in the finds. From the following description we know what the looms were like.
