† brynn.1
Obsolete.
= brinie n.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > body armour > [noun] > coat of mail or corselet
ring netOE
burnec1050
briniec1175
hauberk1297
coatc1300
bryn1330
habergeon1377
jackc1380
doublet of defence (or fence)1418
petticoatc1425
gesteron1469
byrnie1488
coat of fence1490
corset1490
corse1507
sark of mail1515
plate-coat1521
shirt of mail1522
mail-coat1535
corslet1563
costlet1578
pewter coat1584
cataphract1591
pyne doublet1600
sponge1600
coat-armour1603
brace1609
coat of arms1613
frock of mail1671
mail-shirt1816
mail-sark1838
1330 R. Brunne 189 James of Auenue, he was verray pilgryn, He gan first remue þe croice mad on his bryn.
?a1400 Morte Arth. 1413 Thrughe brenes and bryghte scheldes brestes they thyrle.
c1420 Anturs of Arth. xli His brene and his basnet was busket ful bene.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
brynbrynen.2
Obsolete.
Eyebrows, an eyebrow.
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the world > life > the body > hair > eyebrow > [noun]
overbrowOE
breec1275
bryn1330
bent browc1380
superciliuma1398
brow1398
eyebrowa1450
winbrow?1473
beetle1532
eye-bree1543
bow1729
arch-brow1741
bush1859
1330 R. Mannyng Chron. 237 Maugre boþe his bryn was fayn to com to grith.
a1400 Octovian 931 A great fot was betwex hys bryn.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 51 Bryne or brow of þe eye, supercilium.
c1475 (?c1425) Avowing of King Arthur (1984) l. 230 All wroth wex þat sqwyne, Blu and brayd vppe his bryne.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2020).
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