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BYRNE

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
BYRNE, an; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§404;
A corslet, coat of mail; lorica, thorax
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  • Mót he gesellan monnan and byrnan and sweord

    he may give a man a corslet and a sword,

      L. In. 54; Th. i. 138, 1.

  • Ðǽr wæs on eorle brogden byrne

    there was on the man the twisted coat of mail,

      Elen. Kmbl. 513; El. 257.

  • Ætbær hringde byrnan

    he bore away the ringed coat of mail,

      Beo. Th. 5224; B. 2615.

  • Ongan wyrcan síde byrnan

    he began to make a large coat of mail,

      Salm. Kmbl. 906; Sal. 453: Judth. 12; Thw. 26, 15; Jud. 328.
Etymology
[Laym. burne, brunie: Ger. brünne, f: M. H. Ger. brïüuje, brünne, f: O. H. Ger. brunja, brunna, f: Goth. brunyo, f: Dan. brynie, m. f: Swed. Icel. brynja, f: O. Slav, brunija.]
Derived forms
DER. gúþ-byrne, heaðo-, heaðu-, here-, íren-, ísern-.
Linked entries
v.  ge-byrnod beorne.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “BYRNE.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/5649.

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