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findrinny|ˈfɪndrɪnɪ|
[ad. Ir. findruine (Roy. Irish Acad. Dict. Irish Lang.), f. OIr. find-bruine, f. OIr. find (mod.Ir. fionn) white + *bruine of unknown meaning: ultimate origin obscure.]
White bronze.
[1873E. O'Curry Manners & Customs Anc. Ir. I. p. cccclxv, In Norse shields the rim was of iron, but in the descriptions of shields to be found in Irish poems and prose tales, the material of the rim is almost always Findruini. Ibid., Findruini was probably bronze coated with tin or some white alloy. Ibid. III. 100 She had presented him at the outset with..a bracelet of Findruine or carved white metal (silver bronze) to fit his left wrist.] 1895W. B. Yeats Poems 6 On a horse with bridle of findrinny. Ibid. 22 With hoofs of the ruddy findrinny. 1934J. Joyce Let. 16 Oct. (1957) 348 A 30-year wedding should be called a ‘findrinny’ one. Findrinny is a kind of white gold mixed with silver. |