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Definition of Byrnie

1. Noun. A long (usually sleeveless) tunic of chain mail formerly worn as defensive armor.

Definition of Byrnie

1. Noun. (historical) A short chain mail shirt, covering from the upper arms to the upper thighs. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Byrnie

1. an armored shirt [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Byrnie

Literary usage of Byrnie

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Historical Essays in Connexion with the Land, the Church, &c. by Eben William Robertson (1872)
"Helm and byrnie played a ... and in his Heriot ; " from every eight hides a helm and byrnie " were required by the regulations of the year 1008 ; and the ..."

2. Beowulf: An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the by Raymond Wilson Chambers (1921)
"It is true that only one trace of a byrnie, and that apparently not of ring-mail, has so far been found in an Anglo-Saxon grave. ..."

3. Origines Islandicae: A Collection of the More Important Sagas and Other by Frederick York Powell, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1905)
"He had a feud with Ref [Fox] the Old about a cow, was called byrnie, ... This heifer Thore had long lost, and she was found in byrnie- ..."

4. Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe: From the Iron Period of the Northern by John Hewitt (1860)
"In the Volsunga Saga, a work of the eleventh century, we read that " Sigurd's sides so swelled with rage that the rings of his byrnie were burst asunder;" ..."

5. The Anglo-Saxon Weapon Names Treated Archæologically and Etymologically by May Lansfield Keller (1906)
"The prevailing use of byrnie and sword (weapons) in the !Anglo-Saxon epics, especially Beowulf about corresponds to that indicated by the laws of the 11th ..."

6. Anglistische Forschungen (1906)
"The prevailing use of byrnie and sword (weapons) in the Anglo-Saxon epics, especially Beowulf about corresponds to that indicated by the laws of the 11th ..."

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