;
hringed byrne, _ring-shirt_, consisting of
interlaced
rings, 1246; acc.
Beowulf
byrgan, w.
v.
, _to feast, to eat_: inf.
, 448.
ge-byrgea, w.
m.
, _protector_; in comp.
lēod-gebyrgea.
byrht.
See _beorht_.
byrne, w.
f.
, _shirt of mail, mail_: nom.
sg.
byrne, 405, 1630, etc.
;
hringed byrne, _ring-shirt_, consisting of
interlaced
rings, 1246; acc.
sg.
byrnan, 1023, etc.
; sīde byrnan, _large coat of mail_, 1292; hringde
byrnan, 2616; hāre byrnan, _gray coat of mail_ (of iron), 2154; dat.
sg.
on
byrnan, 2705; gen.
sg.
byrnan hring, _the ring of the shirt of mail_ (i.
e.
the shirt of mail), 2261; dat.
pl.
byrnum, 40, 238, etc.
; beorhtum byrnum,
_with gleaming mail_, 3141.
--Comp.
: gūð-, here-, heaðo-, īren-,
īsern-byrne.
byrnend.
