brynje

From Old Norse brynja (“mail, armor”). Cognate with Icelandic brynja, Swedish brynja, Faroese brynja, Norwegian brynje.

• IPA^(key): /brynjə/, [ˈb̥ʁønjə]

brynje c (singular definite brynjen, plural indefinite brynjer)

1. mail, armour, armor

• brynjeklædt (adjective)
• ringbrynje c

From Danish brynje, from Old Norse brynja (“coat of mail or plate”), from Proto-Germanic *brunjǭ (“breastplate”), possibly from Old Irish bruinne (“breast, bosom, chest”), from Proto-Celtic *brusnyos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (“to break”).

• IPA^(key): /²brʏnjə/

brynje f or m (definite singular brynja or brynjen, indefinite plural brynjer, definite plural brynjene)

1. a coat of armour, particularly chain mail.
2. a protective clothing for motorcycle drivers

• lærbrynje

• “brynje” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “brynje” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

• brynju (Midlandsnormalen)
• brynja (pre-2012)

From Old Norse brynja, from Proto-Germanic *brunjǭ. Akin to English byrnie.

• IPA^(key): /²brʏnjə/

brynje f (definite singular brynja, indefinite plural brynjer, definite plural brynjene)

1. a coat of armour, particularly chain mail.
   • 1894, Per Sivle, Svolder:

     […] og ned under brynja hans draup der blod.

     […] and down beneath his chain mail came drops of blood.

   • 1853, M.B. Landstad, Ballade om Sigurd Svein (transcription from an oral source)‎:

     Hon flydde honom forgyldte Sverð og Skjold og Brynje bjarte

     She gave him gilded sword and shield and (a) shining chain mail

2. Synonym of helsetrøye (“undershirt made of fishnet”)

• “brynje” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.