different between byrnie vs hauberk

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

Alternative forms

• hawberk

Etymology

From Old French hauberc, from Frankish *halsaberg (“neck-cover”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h??b??(?)k/

Noun

hauberk (plural hauberks)

1. A coat of mail; especially, the long coat of mail of the European Middle Ages, as contrasted with the habergeon, which is shorter and sometimes sleeveless.

Coordinate terms

• byrnie, habergeon, haubergeon

Translations