war-weed

With war-weed beladen, the ring-stemm'd as she lay there

The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats Anonymous

The war-weed of warriors, and up-stood the spears,

The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats Anonymous

With your war-weed and slaughter-shafts, issue of words.

The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats Anonymous

"Thou doest well to hide her loveliness in war-weed even in this town of peace."

The Well at the World's End: a tale William Morris 1865

For one was all of robes of peace, glorious and be-gemmed, unmeet for any save a great king; while the other was war-weed, seemly, well-fashioned, but little adorned; nay rather, worn and bestained with weather, and the pelting of the spear-storm.

Wood Beyond the World William Morris 1865

She whom I choose must not rest content with a humble lot; no honour must seem to high for her to strive for; she must go with me gladly a-viking; war-weed must she wear; she must egg me on to strife, and never wink her eyes where sword-blades lighten; for if she be faint-hearted, scant honour will befall me. "

The Vikings of Helgeland The Prose Dramas Of Henrik Ibsen, Vol. III. Henrik Ibsen 1867