Tables and chairs were curiously carved in different woods; were sometimes decorated with gold or silver; sometimes even made of those precious metals.

Knives and spoons were used at table; golden ornaments were worn--with silk and cloth, and golden tissues and embroideries; dishes were made of gold and silver, brass and bone.

There were varieties of drinking-horns, bedsteads, musical instruments.

A harp was passed round, at a feast, like the drinking-bowl, from guest to guest; and each one usually sang or played when his turn came.

The weapons of the Saxons were stoutly made, and among them was a terrible iron hammer that gave deadly blows, and was long remembered.