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
A byrnie belonging to King Adils, of Upsala.
From The Younger Edda Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda by Rasmus Björn Anderson
They, like Dalfin, would wear neither helm nor byrnie.
From A Sea Queen's Sailing by Charles W. (Charles Watts) Whistler
Only my ring mail byrnie they could not take from me, as they feared to untie my arms.
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
Skade, the daughter of the giant Thjasse, donned her helmet, and byrnie, and all her war-gear, and betook herself to Asgard to avenge her father’s death.
From The Younger Edda Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda by Rasmus Björn Anderson
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