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Their
drefs.
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quantity to every; common /man.; and there is ftfil. feveral calks
:of the fnuff that;was leftdyirig in.the-magazine^at Aggerkuus. : >
d s i n.
The- NOrvegiâns who live in. towns have nothing remarkablè
or particukrin i their chefs^ubuMthe;,p^ahts differi pretty, muoh
from thefe, as to the fafhipn of their garments, and manner
of wearing themu The ahcienfdfefsufed in' Norway^dps without
doubt, the fame as the Ein-laplinders ftill ufe, confifting ®f
ordinaiy -furrs made.of therainrdeferY.fkin. >■’ The Afers;-sof the
foUowers;of Othin, that. pQfreffcdj themfelves of the north, 4 and
obliged the oldGelto-^ythians either.to retire to the mountains,
or .to. conform to their manner of living,' introduced another fort
of drefs,\which b dçfçrihed in,Qtto;Sp.erling’s Commentât.;de ve-
teri Danorum veftitu f , I think their firft change did not make
fo great an aker^tift^imor was. it fo jfplendid or fupecSuous,: as
that which was introduced in the middle of the .eleventh acentury^
in the reign of . king Oluf Haraldfen.; That monarchy-founded the
city of Bo-gen, and drew a great concoure of^merchants;7thither
from foreign .parts,' jWho^brought new fafhigns wîth’theih|f of
which, Spore Sturlcfen writes thus j in his Norvegian1 Ghroriiclea,'
pag. 383. ” Then the Norvégiens took up many foreign cuftoms
and dr^ffçs, Inch, as finp lapecl hpfej .goldenpktes buckledlround
theirleggs, high-heeled fhoes- ft^tphed with hlk, and çoveréd with
tiflue of gold, jackets that buttoned..on the fide, • with fleeves ten
* Concerning did 'Norwegians ancient in^ntle, cdlecfJoto, B f to ^ .e r lin g jr -e^ a t
large, in his learned obfervations on archbilhojj Ablblorf^
fiom which I willunote a pafiage, to (hew, that formerlyjojh^i? took’^eyt&lhioo?
from us, as we have unce done from them. “ Quis”yero crederet, Danicam/Kocem
joop. tot I terras peragrafle, et tantam glbriarrt fuir excitare potkiifie. ' Bene !conefa®t
M en c iu s, poftquam in lexicpduo omnia recenfuit: le'Allemans. .;difent .Giupp,' pour
fflMun Juppon, et je^efois-que e’eft de ce mot Allemand<jpeT a ete
fortpe. . Unde Germani traxerint ac hahuerint hoc nomen et alia.plura) nemo:ha£fehus
folicitus fuit. E x Dania enim, Norvegia et Suecia rnemo .credit ;quiqquam;;.pii;ofi'ciip|
pofle quodjuvetjfpum taraen adaritiquitatem omneiirilluftrandam,'nine fere peteriqa
fiat omnia, fi quis refte fapere. vults. , ;Ufus; pft Mla-voce 4hrooid!'NtoEvr^iCi'fcrjptor :iri
manufer. de magno Barfbd, rege NOrveg, dtim.ejus armaturam et vcftjturri defcribjt,
P - :399- (Hann hafBi oc filki Hiup rautan y firikyrto, oc fkorit fyrer oc a
med guli filki leo. h. ,e.) Tunicam rubram fericeam anterius et -pbfterius. il^on^ifiap-
ferici fignatam, fupfer'indufiq geftavi£_ Qupp’iatis dpcet, vocern Joob et .Hiupjan-
tiquam Danicam et.Iflandicam efie. ’ Ita quoque paule poft eadem Jiiftoria memoralt:
(Eivindr. hafdi pc jilld Hiup, med fama Hoetti fern Kcnnungr. h.„e.) Evindus etiam
tunica ferica, eodem mpdn qup rex indutus erat.” In the tran(latipn:o f the laft words,
I think it is‘‘likely, fh"at the good ©. Sperling has been miftaken, da med.fama hsetti,
may probably be rendered with the fame hat, eodem pilcoj non eodetn modo.
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feet long, very narrow).; and plaitpd up to the fhouldfts 5 to thefè
'dieffes were added many fbfteigft vcyfboms^||ff By this defeffption
may be feen how much the^Norwegians weté^iödined to pride
and vanity in their drefs.
ii After this however, we find that thé hang gartoênt of the Afert
m the oriental drefs, Was ftili in-tife1, wloi'èh 'was not changed for
fhorter, tillithe reign of the fóüiboï this kingOhif, about the year
1 jfcÊÉb For king Magnus Olufsen was calfed) Magnus Barefoot,
from his mtrodueing fhort> dothes and bait legs. Söórrö'Stur-
lefen, m p, j^yjwgi^s thfe dccsount of the affair. i< It M faid^
that king Magnus wore die Wêftörrt drefs himfelf, afld his example.
was followed by his men, and fome tof his people) who
went barelegged, and wore fhort jackets^ fen: which, réafbp) thé
king.was called Magnus Bare-lèg, of Bafè-fóot.”
■ The peafants herey as in moft other countries) -^fe the. Onlf
people that do 110C trouble themfelves about fafhiofts and ch^tigel
of modest However, they have fome difference in the' Cut: and
make of their jackets and bngéêhe% but that di^encc^fö
that it is hardly perceptible to any but thmfekes. H Tfióie
fonts, which we call
drefs> namely, their breeches and flockirtgs are alhöf k^’^ieéq
fomething like thofe of the Huflars.. They cfö: not we'ar a jacket
with plaits, pockets, and buttons, like tfro&r ttoW '4he
Danes, but a wide, loe# jacket made " of* a tdSrfé‘:woÖllbh-clotIi
which they call vadmell. Their Waiftcoats are df t f e fome,. anj
fome that will appear finer than ordinary, Cover the foams,'and
put a horder ali round,- of ‘iiefotfie fort^öf ftafi; feut:of a 'difo
ferent colaury which looks Kke fecé*, and has a^gay appearance.
The Hardanger pea&nts in particular, ate remarkable for wearing
black clothes, edged with red, which diffiitguiffies. tferit f^om
their neighbours. The Vaaifonië* Whar alf black ; ah^iife slrile
péafants weai white edged wkh black r abbut ^gnëfiord, they
wear black and yellow, fo that the inhabitants'aftnofi o f ’ evèry
parifh in the province,; vary m the colour-of the^dlbthes.
/ The Vademel is. a eoarfe cloth^which tafie country peOpfoufo, and
.% Woven in the old fafbioned way, ift what they daffian opfta-gang.
This is a frame, in which the yarn hangs down agairift the Wall
with ftone weights at the end of the WaYjjV to keep it e^hty ani
is done touch in .the thaflner of tapeftry Weavini/'- Infiead of a
- pART IL '4 a ö r f i jW fhuttk
Tke peàfaüÉs-
drefs.,
: weavihgi