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† brinie, brynie Obs.|ˈbrɪnɪ|
Forms: 2 brenie, 3 brunie, 3–4 brinie, bruny, 4 brunye, brini, brynye, breny.
[ME. brunie (ü), brynie, brinie, brenie, a. ON. brynja (Da. brynie, Sw. brynja), corresp. to OE. byrne from *brynne, OHG. brunja, brunna (MHG. brunje, brünje, brünne, also mod.G.) corslet, Goth. brunjô breast-plate:—OTeut. *brunjôn-. Whether the latter was adopted from OSlav. bronja ‘coat of mail’, or the OSlav. from Teut., or both from a common source (cf. OIr. bruinne ‘breast’) is uncertain; the word is not connected with burn v. The Teut. word was adopted in late L. or Romanic: cf. med.L. brunia, -ea, bronia, OFr. brunie, bronie, bruigne, brugne, brogne, bruine, broine, broune, Pr. bronha, broingna. The ME. brunie corresponds exactly to the Norman-French form, but the phonology of the parallel brinie, brenie, points to the Scandinavian as the original source. The regular ME. form from the OE. word would have been byrn (see burne), and from Scand. brynie: through contact of these and metathesis of r, there are also found the forms bryn, and byrnie.]
Armour for the body; a coat of mail, cuirass, breastplate. Hence brynied, brenyed ppl. a. Mailed.
c1175Cott. Hom. 243 Sceold, helm, and brenie. 1205Lay. 1553 Þah he hefden brunie on. Ibid. 6718 And burne [1275 brunie] he wurp on rigge. a1300K. Horn 591 Þe fole schok þe brunie Þat al þe curt gan denie [to din]. a1300Havelok 1775 Bernard..caste a brinie up on his rig. c1320Sir Tristr. 191 Þurch brinies brast þe blod. c1330King of Tars 949 With helm on hed and brunye briht. c1380Sir Ferumb. 3024 Many was þe helm & brynye briȝt? þat þar was cloue. a1400Morte Arth. 316. Brenyede knyghtes. c1440Syr Gowghter 415 in Utterson E.P. I. 179 Blode thorow brenyys brast. |