† 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.
| c 1175 Cott. Hom. 243 Sceold, helm, and brenie. 1205 Lay. 1553 Þah he hefden brunie on. Ibid. 6718 And burne [1275 brunie] he wurp on rigge. a 1300 K. Horn 591 Þe fole schok þe brunie Þat al þe curt gan denie [to din]. a 1300 Havelok 1775 Bernard..caste a brinie up on his rig. c 1320 Sir Tristr. 191 Þurch brinies brast þe blod. c 1330 King of Tars 949 With helm on hed and brunye briht. c 1380 Sir Ferumb. 3024 Many was þe helm & brynye briȝt{revsc} þat þar was cloue. ? a 1400 Morte Arth. 316. Brenyede knyghtes. c 1440 Syr Gowghter 415 in Utterson E.P. I. 179 Blode thorow brenyys brast. |