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Definitions
a long (usually sleeveless) tunic of chain mail formerly worn as defensive armor
Word origin
From Middle English brinie, burne (whence also, without metathesis, obsolete English brinie), from Old Norse brynja. Cognates include Old English byrne, Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌾𐍉 (brunjō) (whence Old Church Slavonic брънѩ (brŭnję)), German Brünne, French broigne.
Used in a sentence
“[…] those that walked armed before the Witches’ booths, six in company, harnessed as for battle in byrnies of shining bronze, with greaves and shields of bronze and helms that glanced in the sun.”
“It was the Viking habit. Even as a man plowed his field or chopped trees in the woods, his byrnie and his sword were always at hand.”
“Unferth stood beside him, his huge arms folded on his byrnie.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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