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derfra til mastefisken; kraprummet har havt netop
samme længde som den sidste, og højst rimeligt er selve
navnet, der betyder det trange rum, endog opstaaet der-
ved, at dette rum var saa betydelig indskrænket af den
i midten liggende mastefisk. Derefter kom saxerne fra
mastefiskens forende til 1ste tverbaand forenfra, og ende-
lig stavnen. —Øsningen skede naturligvis i fartøjets
skarpeste dele for og agter (jfr. s. 17) eller ved det før-
ste tverbaand (biti) fra for- og bagstavnen, hvorfor det
var det sidste baand, som bar navnet austrbiti.
Som ovenfor (s. 46) antydet, kommer jeg her tilbage
til gravkammeret og særlig til dets overbygning.
Denne har, hvad hovedform og arbeidet angaar, kun
mindre interesse, men mere derimod med hensyn til sin
sammensætning. Af tegningerne (pl. III. fig. 1—3, jfr.
pl. I. fig. 4, 7) vil sees, at kammeret indtager skibets
rum mellem mastens forside og det 2det spant bagenfor
mastefisken. Overbygningen har form af et sadeltag med
gavl i hver ende, og sammensætningen er udført paa føl-
gende maade. Først er der bagerst lagt en horisontal
tverstok med halvrund indskjæring i midten, som støtte
for en stander. Dernæst er dels paa denne stander og
dels paa en lignende tæt ved masten fæstet den foran
(8. 46, 48) omtalte firkantede mønsaas af ek. Til mønsaasen
støtter sig igjen de tæt i tæt lagte runde sperrer, dels
af fure dels af ek, som dækkedes af flere lag næver.
Sperrernes fod gaar ned i en fals i de underliggende
sviller (pl. III. fig. 3), og disse udgjøre den øverste stok
af et rammeverk paa to stokhøjder, hvis ender vexelvis
lægges over tverstykkernes ender med udstaaende nover.
Endelig lukkes kammerets gavlsider med en væg af
tykke firskaarne ekeplanker, som ere satte kant i kant
og hvile i tversvillernes fals, medens deres øverste ender
ere afskraanede 1 flugt med sperrerne og fæstes til disse
med jernnagler. Som en egenhed kan merkes, at plan-
kerne øverst omkring naglernes hoveder have en raat
udhugget fordybning, hvis hensigt vistnok har været at
bøde paa kortheden af naglerne, saaledes at disse kunde
Af hele den
her forklarede sammensætning kan det dog, naar tversvil-
drives saameget længer ind i sperrrerne.
lernes fals undtages, neppe sluttes hverken fra eller til, at
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thence to the mastblock; «Kraprummet» had exactly
the same length as the lastnamed; and it is in the high-
est degree probable, that the name itself, signifying the
narrow or strait room, originated from the fact of its
being so much restricted by the mastpartner (maste-
Then followed the socalled
«saxerne», running from the fore-end of the mastpart-
fisken) lying in its midst.
ner to the first tie-beam forward; and finally, — there
was the «stavn» or stern room. Clearance of the
vessel from water, naturally took place at extreme fore
and aft in the most sharply built part (conf. pag. 17),
or at the first tie-beam (biti) from the stern and stem,
whence the last named beam obtained the name of
austrbiti.
As before (pag. 46) indicated I resume here the subject of
the sepulchral chamber, and, in especial, its superstructure.
In form and workmanship the chamber offers but little of
peculiar interest. A larger demand on an _ observer’s
attention is made by the mode in which its materials
are put together. The drawings (pl. III. fig. 1—3, conf. pl. I.
fig. 4, 7) show that this chamber takes up the space
between the foreside of the mast and the second frame-
timber aft of the mastpartner. The entire superstructure
shows the form of a span-roof with a gable at each end,
In the first
place at the point furthest aft, a horizontal cross-tree is
and the mode of construction is as follows:
laid with a semicircular slot scored in the centre to form
the bed of an upright post. Next on this and on a
similarly set post close to the mast, the previously (conf.
pag. 46, 48) named oaken ridge pole is set, axe-dressed on
two sides towards the top, to bed the closely laid round
rafters, partly oaken, partly of fir, and these, when laid,
are covered by several layers of birch bark. The lower
end of these is, on each side, birdsmouthed into a round
log set lengthwise and which forms the top of a log-
framework, two timbers in height alternately laid on the
ends of the crosstrees a part of each log-end projecting
at the point of junction and thus forming corners.
Lastly the gables of the chamber are closed by thick
oak planking, butt jointed and set edgewise, the first
plank resting on a groove or rebate in the crosstrees,
while the opposite ends are fitted to the slope of the
rafters and fastened thereto with iron spikes. It may be
noticed as a singularity in this fixing, that each plank
has at its upper end a rough slot, (to receive the spike
head), the purpose of which assuredly was to meet a
difficulty arising from the shortness of the spikes, and
(by means of this rugged countersinking) obtain a firmer
hold on the rafter.
building materials together, thus described and explained,
If from the mode of putting the
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