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byrne

  • noun [ feminine ]
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byrne, a corslet.
Wright's OE grammar
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  • Byrne lorica vel torax vel squama, Wrt. Voc. i. 35, 6:

    thoraca,

    ii.
      86, 81.
  • Hringedu byrne

    lorica hamata

    (anata,
      MS.), 51, 37.
  • Byrne gileáfes

    lorica fidei,

      Rtl. 28, 31.
  • Byrnan

    thoracis,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 25.
  • Bið se Pater Noster on heofonlicre byrnan onlícnisse,

      Sal. K. 146, 6.
  • Gewǽpnod, ná mid reádum scylde, oððe mid hefegum helme, oþþe heardre byrnan,

      Hml. Th. ii. 502, 13.
  • Gegyrede heó hý mid hǽrenre tunecan and mid byrnan, ꝥ is mid lytelre hacelan,

      Shrn. 140, 30.
  • Hé geann his áðume twégra byrnena,

      Cht. Crw. 23, 16.
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[O. L. Ger. brunnia.]
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v. brynige.
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