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Clothes
- Wool and linen
Like most people in Europe at the time, the Vikings used
wool more than anything else for making clothes. The Vikings
brought sheep with them to the islands they settled in the
North Atlantic for wool and meat. "The Faeroe Islands" even
means "the Sheep islands". Clothes were spun and woven by
the women. They also dyed the cloth with mineral and vegetable
dyes of red, green, brown, yellow or blue. Linen was also
used for clothes.
Even
today you can find Viking Age place names in Scandinavia
like "Lin-åker" (lin= linen/flax, åker= field).
How they dressed - Viking Men
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Viking
men first put on a long woolen shirt and long cloth
trousers which were held up by a sash or a drawstring.
On top of this was worn a sleeved jerkin or a three-quarter
coat with a belt. On his feet he would wear socks and
soft leather shoes or long leather boots. In battle
he would wear an iron helmet and a mail-chain to protect
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How they dressed
- Viking Women
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Viking
women wore a long linen dress. It could be either plain
or pleated. Over the dress they wore a long woolen tunic,
a little like an apron. It was held up by a pair of
brooches, sometimes joined by a chain or string of beads.
Over the tunic she might wear a shawl. Her legs and
feet were covered with thick woolly socks and soft leather
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Both
men and women wore fur or woolen hats and cloaks in cold
weather. The cloaks were fastened at the shoulder with a
brooch or a pin.
from:
The Viking
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