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byrnie

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

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haubergeon

English

Alternative forms

  • habergeon

Noun

haubergeon (plural haubergeons)

  1. A short hauberk with short or no sleeves.
  2. (loosely) The hauberk.

Coordinate terms

  • byrnie, hauberk

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