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is yellow and not likened to silk are also in evidence; these include
"hár hans gult með fggrum lokkum" (Strengleikar 122.28) and "gulir
lokkar þykkvir ok ntjkkut ljósir" (Landalýsingar 98.27). In both Sgrla
saga sterka and Jarlmanns saga ok Hermanns, the yellow eyes are likened
to the eyes of a cat; the slips of the Arnamagnaean Commission's Dic-
tionary show that this comparison, too, is relatively common. Exam-
ples include "hans augu váru gul sem í ketti" (Blómstrvalla saga 20.22),
and "hann hafði gul augu sem kettir" (Karlamagnúss saga 108.7).
In eight instances, gulr is mentioned as one of the several colors of
buildings, stones, and rocks:
10. Gulr
Classification Referent Number of examples
Buildiings kastali 1 (Rémundar saga keisara- sonar 5:170.21)
Stones and rocks bjarg 1 (Vilmundar saga viðutan 6:19.6)
hallr 3 (Þorsteins páttr bœjar- magns 4:326.5, 9, 339.5)
marmarasteinn 1 (Egils saga ok Rósa- mundu 4:4.9)
steinn 2 (Hjálmpés saga ok Qlvis 4:236.19. Hrólfs saga Gautrekssonar 4:105.18)
In addition to the dragon adorning a ship in Sgrla saga sterka (3:386.4-
5), fabric is on two occasions, both in Saga af Tristram ok ísgnd, de-
scribed as being yellow (that is, landtjald [1:8.22] and segl [1:53.8]).
Yellow cloth (gult klæði) is mentioned only once, in Ggngu-Hrólfs saga
(3:257.20), but that gidr was used to describe the color of clothing is
evident from, for example, a miracle in Maríu saga, where the king pro-
claims that the Jews shall wear only yellow clothes ("skulu engi klæði
bera nema gul" 207.1) and Biskup Árni Þorláksson's command that
priests shall not wear red, yellow, or green clothes ("[p]restar skulu
eigi bera rauð klæði gul eða grœn" Diplomatarium Islandicum 2:25.3).