[3] Proc. Soc. Antiq. Newc. (O.S.), p. 155.
[4] In old German “Brunne.”
[5] Zeitschrift für historische Waffenkunde, vol. i., p. 288.
[6] Where the rings have been hammered flat a decidedly double appearance is given to the mail.
[7] Demmin.
[8] These two figures are given in Hewitt.
[9] Since writing the above, I see from Mr. J. Starkie Gardner’s work that Mr. J. G. Waller, F.S.A., considers the insertion of the thong to constitute what is known as “banded mail,” and this would quite account for the appearance it presents on effigies. If this be so, there is an actual specimen at Woolwich, which has already been mentioned.
[10] On the brass of William de Aldeburgh, in Aldborough Church, Yorkshire.
[11] A kind of cloth.
[12] The words “helm” and “var-helm” appear repeatedly in the epic poem of Beowulf.