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  2. Viking Age arms and armour - Wikipedia

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    In conjunction with stronger wood, Vikings often reinforced their shields with leather or, occasionally, iron around the rim. [2] Round shields seem to have varied in size from around 45–120 centimetres (18–47 in) in diameter but 75–90 centimetres (30–35 in) is by far the most common.

  3. Svalinn - Wikipedia

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    a shield before the shining god. mountains and oceans I know should burn, if it fell from in front. Arvak and Alsvith up shall drag Weary the weight of the sun; But an iron cool have the kindly gods Of yore set under their yokes. In front of the sun does Svalinn stand, The shield for the shining god; Mountains and sea would be set in flames

  4. Round shield - Wikipedia

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    A buckler is a very small round shield popular in the Late Middle Ages and Renaissance. Scandinavian seafaring warriors of the early medieval period used wooden round shields with centergrips. Taming, a round shield from the Philippines. Targe typically referred to a round shield. The dhal was a round shield in India. The Romans used the ...

  5. Viking raid warfare and tactics - Wikipedia

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    Another piece of defensive equipment used by warriors was a shield. [63] The shield itself was round and easy to maneuver with; [63] however, if on horseback, it left the legs exposed. Shields were made out of wooden boards and held together by a rim of either leather or thin iron fittings.

  6. Nydam Mose - Wikipedia

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    From 1859 to 1863, archaeologist Conrad Engelhardt excavated the bog. Engelhardt found weapons, tools, pieces of clothing and two intact clinker built boats, one made of oak and one made of pine. The weapons include lances, spears, bows, arrows and round shields. Under these finds were the remains of a third boat, which apparently had been ...

  7. Thorsberg moor - Wikipedia

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    View of Thorsberg moor 4th-century Germanic tunic found on Thorsberg moor Trousers with attached socks found on Thorsberg moor Two wooden round shields (3rd century AD). The Thorsberg moor (German: Thorsberger Moor, Danish: Thorsberg Mose or Thorsbjerg Mose, South Jutlandic: Tosbarch, Tåsbjerre "Thor's hill") near Süderbrarup in Anglia, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, is a peat bog in which the ...

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