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
It was a sweet sight thus to see Gudruda the Fair, her head of gold pillowed on Eric's war-stained byrnie, her dark eyes afloat with tears of joy; but not so thought Swanhild, watching.
From Eric Brighteyes by Haggard, Henry Rider
A byrnie belonging to King Adils, of Upsala.
From The Younger Edda Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda by Anderson, Rasmus Björn
One measured your mail, byrnie and helm both, as you slept.
From A Thane of Wessex by Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)
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 Anderson, Rasmus Björn
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