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'''Literature'''<br>
* Words for Scabards** Umgerð or umgjorð – used for a complete scabbard [DAVIDSON 1962: p.187]** Skálpr – a less frequent term to describe a bag or cover and probably refers to the leather sheath [DAVIDSON 1962: p.187]** Skeiðir, slidrar or spænir – refer to the two wooden sides of the scabbard [DAVIDSON 1962: p.187]* Quotes from primary evidence**
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** Gloucester
:: 1 Westgate Street (C9th): One scabbard found. 780mm long, but damaged at the chape end, so original length unknown. Opening curved and 80mm wide with a edge/flesh stitch along the edge. Made of one piece of leather and sewn down one side. Impression of a stiffener visible on the inside, the top of which is 85mm from the top of the scabbard. No rivet holes. A 15mm slit is on either side of the impression. Scabbard was probably lined with soft leather or fur. [GOUDGE 1979: p.196]
** Isle of Man
:: Cronk Moar: Wooden scabbard with a leather outer decorated with a raised moulding [BERSU & WILSON 1966: p.72].
* Scotland
** Balnakiel
** Scar [OWEN & DALLAND 1999: p.109-112]
* Ireland
** Dublin
* Denmark
** Hedeby
:: A leather scabbard from Hedeby has 3 diamonds down its front created by two layers of leather [HAGG 1991: 265]
* Germany
** Essen Minster (late C10-11th). Covered in stamped gold [CAMPBELL 1982:p.171].
:: Bj.832 Traces of a wooden scabbard [ARWINSSON 1986:p.14] [ARBMAN 1940:Taf. 3:1]
:: Bj.834 Traces of a wooden scabbard [ARWINSSON 1986:p.14] [ARBMAN 1940A:fig. 253]
* France** Saint-Denis, France, c.869 [MONTEMBAULT 1998: p.60]
'''Archaeology'''<br>
* A leather scabbard from Hedeby has 3 diamonds down its front created by two layers of leather [HAGG 1991: 265]
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