[…] 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.
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Byrnie
//ˈbɝni//
Synonyms for "byrnie" (3 found)
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5 translations across 4 languages.
Czech
2 entries- kroužková košile noun (short chain mail shirt)
- osníř noun (short chain mail shirt)
Greek
1 entries- ζάβα noun (short chain mail shirt)
Latin
1 entries- lorica hamata noun (short chain mail shirt)
Old Norse
1 entries- brynja noun (short chain mail shirt)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
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.
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Unferth stood beside him, his huge arms folded on his byrnie.
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The mail-coat, or byrnie, was made of iron links that probably were cut out of sheet metal with a die, or from flat hammered wire cut into short lengths.
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