The Viking Age. Volume 2 (of 2) / The early history, manners, and customs of the ancestors of the English-speaking nations

by Paul B. Du Chaillu

[235]. Forests then existed in Iceland.

[236]. Din-bells = dyn-bjöllur.

[237]. Cf. also Gisli Sursson’s Saga, p. 47.

[238]. Extracted much iron out of iron-ore—haematite.

[239]. Cf. also St. Olaf’s Saga, c. 234.

[240]. Among the objects belonging to that find which are preserved in the Old-northern Museum of Copenhagen, were:—

A small (2¾ inches long) anvil of iron of the shape common at the present day.

A heavy iron hammer, 6 inches long, of similar shape to those now in use.

A pair of iron shears, 10 inches long, like those used for cutting of metal plates.

Three iron files, from 7¼ to 8¾ inches long. The cutting of the files being straight across the length of the file. Similar files have been found in the Vimose bog find.