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wont to have a necklace. Necklaces and rings are both silver and gold, if no other distinction is raised.

As Thorleikr the Fair sang:

The kindly Prince the Load casts

Of Crucibles on the Hawk-Seats

Of thanes, the wrists embellished,—

Gives Embers of the Arm-joint.

And as Einarr Tinkling-Scale sang:

The land-strong King of Lurid

Breaks the golden Limb-Brands;

I think the Prince of Warriors

Lacks not the Rhine's bright Pebbles.

Thus sang Einarr Skúlason:

The Purse-Snow and the Sea-Fire

Lie on both sides of the axe-head

Blood-spilling; 't is my office

To praise our foemen's Scather.

And as he sang further:

The Sea-Glow each day standeth

O'er the Crucible's white Snow-Drift,

And the shield, ships' cheeks protecting,

Shelters a heart most lavish;

Ne'er can one melt the silver

Flagon-Snow in the Fire-Flame

Of the Eel's Stream-Road; the Feller

Of Hosts all feats performeth.