byrnie

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈbɜːni/    美 /ˈbɝni/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A short chain mail shirt, covering from the upper arms to the upper thighs. historical
    — […] 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.

词形变化

byrnies plural byrny alternative

词源

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.
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