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Definition of Byrnies
1. byrnie [n] - See also: byrnie
Lexicographical Neighbors of Byrnies
Literary usage of Byrnies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Heroic Legends of Denmark by Axel Olrik (1919)
"The trouble is caused solely by his exhortation not to buckle on the byrnies;
but then, these words are altogether absurd because the warriors had no ..."
2. Beowulf: An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the by Raymond Wilson Chambers (1921)
"To begin with; the pyre in Beowulf is represented as hung with helmets, bright
byrnies, and shields. Now it is impossible to say exactly how the funeral ..."
3. The Anglo-Saxon Weapon Names Treated Archæologically and Etymologically by May Lansfield Keller (1906)
"great hall of Odin are*of spears, shields serves as shingles for the roof, and
on the benches the byrnies are laid. The prevailing use of byrnie and sword ..."
4. Anglistische Forschungen (1906)
"great hall of Odin are of spears, shields serves as shingles for the roof, and
on the benches the byrnies are laid. The prevailing use of byrnie and sword ..."
5. The Song of Roland by Isabel Butler (1904)
"J • V of body and proud of bearing:, hoary of are fain of head and white ot beard,
clad in hauberks and two-fold byrnies, girt with swords of France or ..."
6. Studies in Early English Literature by Emelyn W. Washburn (1884)
"Decked with war weapons And weeds of the hero, With bills and with byrnies ; Lay
on his bosom Wealth without number, With him to wander Into the flood's ..."
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