different between byrnie vs burnie

English

Etymology

From Old Norse brynja. Cognates include Old English byrne, Gothic ???????????????????????? (brunj?) (whence Old Church Slavonic ????? (br?nj?)), German Brünne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b??ni/

Noun

byrnie (plural byrnies)

1. (historical) A short chain mail shirt, covering from the upper arms to the upper thighs.
   • 1972, John Gardner, Grendel, André Deutsch, page 97:

     Unferth stood beside him, his huge arms folded on his byrnie.

   • 1992, Calvin B Kendall, Voyage to the Other World, University of Minnesota, page 19:

     The mail-coat, or byrnie, was made of iron links that probably were cut out of sheet metal with a die, or from flat hammered wire cut into short lengths.

Coordinate terms

• haubergeon
• hauberk

Translations

Anagrams

• Birney, Briney, briney

English

Etymology

burn +? -ie

Noun

burnie (plural burnies)

1. (Scotland) A small brook.
   • c. 1820s, James Hogg, "Sing on, Sing on, My Bonnie Bird"

     A bramble shade around our head,
     A burnie popplin by

References

burnie in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Brunei, Burien, brunie, rubine