brynja

See also: Brynja

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse brynja, from Proto-Germanic *brunjǭ. Cognate with Icelandic brynja, Swedish brynja, Norwegian brynje, Danish brynje.

Noun

brynja f (genitive singular brynju, plural brynjur)

1. coat of mail (or plate)

Declension

f1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	brynja	brynjan	brynjur	brynjurnar
accusative	brynju	brynjuna	brynjur	brynjurnar
dative	brynju	brynjuni	brynjum	brynjunum
genitive	brynju	brynjunnar	brynja	brynjanna

Derived terms

• ringabrynja
• spangabrynja

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse brynja, from Proto-Germanic *brunjǭ. Cognate with Faroese brynja, Swedish brynja, Norwegian brynje, Danish brynje.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɪnja/
• Rhymes: -ɪnja

Noun

brynja f (genitive singular brynju, nominative plural brynjur)

1. coat of mail (or plate)

Declension

Declension of brynja (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	brynja	brynjan	brynjur	brynjurnar
accusative	brynju	brynjuna	brynjur	brynjurnar
dative	brynju	brynjunni	brynjum	brynjunum
genitive	brynju	brynjunnar	brynja	brynjanna

Derived terms

• hringabrynja

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

brynja f (definite singular brynja, indefinite plural brynjer or brynjor, definite plural brynjene or brynjone)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of brynje
2. definite singular of brynje

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• ᛒᚱᚢᚾᛁᛅ (brunia)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic *brunjǭ

Old Norse brynja

From Proto-Germanic *brunjǭ.

Noun

brynja f

1. coat of mail (or plate); byrnie

Declension

Declension of brynja (weak jōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	brynja	brynjan	brynjur	brynjurnar
accusative	brynju	brynjuna	brynjur	brynjurnar
dative	brynju	brynjunni	brynjum	brynjunum
genitive	brynju	brynjunnar	brynja	brynjanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: brynja
• Faroese: brynja
• Norwegian Nynorsk: brynja, brynju, brynje
• Old Swedish: brynia, brønia
  • Swedish: brynja
• Danish: brynje
  • Norwegian Bokmål: brynje
• → Middle English: brinie
  • English: byrnie, brinie
  • Scots: byrnie

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “brynja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish brynia, brønia, from Old Norse brynja, from Proto-Germanic *brunjǭ. Cognate with Icelandic brynja, Faroese brynja, Norwegian brynje, Danish brynje.

Noun

brynja c

1. coat of mail (or plate)
2. Short for nätbrynja.

Declension

Declension of brynja

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	brynja	brynjas
	definite	brynjan	brynjans
plural	indefinite	brynjor	brynjors
	definite	brynjorna	brynjornas

Derived terms

• nätbrynja
• ringbrynja (“coat of chain mail”)

Further reading

• brynja in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• brynja in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)