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6 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a long (usually sleeveless) tunic of chain mail formerly worn as defensive armor
originFrom Middle English brinie, burne (whence also, without metathesis, obsolete English brinie), from Old Norse brynja. Cognates include Old English byrne, Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌾𐍉 (brunjō) (whence Old Church Slavonic брънѩ (brŭnję)), German Brünne, French broigne.
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