byrnie
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of byrnie
1325–75; Middle English byrny, Scottish variant of brynie, brinie < Old Norse brynja, cognate with Old English byrne coat of mail, Old High German brunnia
Example Sentences
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Unferth stood beside him, his huge arms folded on his byrnie.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
And we are told in the Icelandic that Odin, whilst he gave a sword to Sigmund, gave a helm and byrnie to Hermoth.
From Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by R. W. Chambers
But Blacktooth's byrnie was good, nor did the sword bite into it.
From Eric Brighteyes by Henry Rider Haggard
The blow falls on his shield, and shears off the side of it, then strikes the byrnie beneath, but lightly.
From Eric Brighteyes by Henry Rider Haggard
So I made no delay, but took off my byrnie and garments.
From A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex by Charles W. (Charles Watts) Whistler
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