|Literature =
* Einhard: Life of Charlemagne (c.AD829-836) in winter by a close-fitting coat of otter or marten skins.[OWEN-CROCKER 2004:p.174] [EWING 2007:110-112]
* Ólpa, stakkr, kufl: Norse for clothing made out of shaggy felt or fur [HAGG 1984: p.186].
|Archaeology =
* Hedeby, Denmark (late C10th – early C11th) 9 fragments of heavy fluffy woollen (5mm thick) body warmers [HAGG 1984: p.183-185] cut to wrap around the front of the body and to reach to just below the waist. One of the Hedeby finds had a trace of bronze near the bottom corner probably from a bronze pin [EWING 2007: p.111]
* CunwhittonCumwhitton, England (AD900-950) A possible sealskin thorax ([PATERSON 2014:p.76)]
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