Mikael,

The statutes they pass once again can only be taken as a minimum requirement. This in no way means the government was limiting the combined use of the hauberk and COP or they felt it was sufficient by itself only that this was what they felt was an acceptable requirement to make the masses equipped and serviceable but realistic. If they were going for best equipment of the time they would be armed like the knights but that would be an unreal expectation.


RPM

Rather than start a new topic I thought I'd post this here. I was reading the Icelandic Skaldskaparmal and I found this brief mention of a wolf skin shirt.

Thus sang Eyvindr:
And that hero
At Haar's tempest
Wore a sark
Of gray wolf-skin

Also I thought I'd put up a link to a reindeer coat in case anyone was interested http://eng.ethnomuseum.ru/gallery125/256/607_370.htm

Brief warning on the prior link, AVG flashed up that it attempted a browser exploit.

May be a false alarm but you may want to be cautious when following that link.

N.

I thought I had something there but didn't. Both sacred-text.com and voluspa.org had it translated that way. What is the point of translating if your going to butcher it? Oh that's right, to make wanna be armour researchers look stupid.

It is obviously a kenning though. It's not entirely out of place to read a "lurker of twigs" or whatnot as a wolf, especially as the context is one of battle. Could in theory be any forest critter though.