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===Bow nocks===
To attach the bow string a simple notch or ‘self-nock’ was cut into the bow stave, near both the bow’s terminals. Self-nocks can be either double-nocks or single-nocks, otherwise known as ‘side-nocks’, with similar numbers having been found of each type. The nocks were always cut into the sides of the bow-stave and never into the front or back. <br>
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Archery - Side-nock (Hedeby - Paulsen 1999).jpg|Single-nock or Side-nock (Hedeby)
Archery - Tied on bow String (Stuttgart Psalter f.146v).jpg|Tied on bow string<br>''(Stuttgart Psalter fol.146v'')
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When bows were single-nocked, or side-nocked, then the cut notches are cut into the opposing sides of the bow-stave, top and bottom.<br>
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Archery - Opposing side-nocks (Gav).jpg|Bow-stave showing opposing single-nocks
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Some bows only had a self-nock at one end of the bow-stave, with the assumption that the bow-string must have been tied on at the other end (Hedeby, Dublin). A manuscript image showing a tied on bow string might also be seen in the Stuttgart Psalter. <br>
====Nocks of different material====
The secondary set of nocks, known as ‘stringing nocks’ helped in stringing the bow. <><>
The hole drilled through the terminal was probably a ‘string keeper‘. A loop of twine or leather thong was passed through the hole and the bow string with the intention of stopping the bow string from slipping down the bow-stave when unstrung.
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Archery - String keeper (Stuttgart Psalter f.21r).jpg|String keeper (Stuttgart Psalter f.21r)
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===Deflexed and reflexed terminals===
