05-22-2010, 10:48 PM
Old Norse is also medieval norse. The word is used earliest in the following old norse sources:
The Landslaw
The Hirdskraa
The City Law of Bergen
(all mid-to late 13th century, then it follows is, for example, the Flateyjarbók of the 14th, and a number of others)
It is used both to describe arming coats worn under maille and outer textile armour: "styrka vapntreiyu", "strengthened arming shirt".
Other words (Pannzara, Thofastakki) describing textile armour appear in a number of sources (King's Mirror, Sturlunga Saga) dating from the early 12th century and onwards.
The Landslaw
The Hirdskraa
The City Law of Bergen
(all mid-to late 13th century, then it follows is, for example, the Flateyjarbók of the 14th, and a number of others)
It is used both to describe arming coats worn under maille and outer textile armour: "styrka vapntreiyu", "strengthened arming shirt".
Other words (Pannzara, Thofastakki) describing textile armour appear in a number of sources (King's Mirror, Sturlunga Saga) dating from the early 12th century and onwards.