bryne

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Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English brīne, from Proto-Germanic *brīnijaz, *brīnaz.

Pronunciation

Noun

bryne (plural brynes)

  1. brine

Descendants

  • English: brine
  • Yola: brine

References

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *bruniz (“fire, burning”).

Pronunciation

Noun

bryne m

  1. burning, fire; flame, heat
  2. inflammation, burn
  3. torch
  4. fervor, passion
Declension

Strong i-stem:

singular plural
nominative bryne brynas
accusative bryne brynas
genitive brynes bryna
dative bryne brynum
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

brȳne f

  1. Alternative form of brīne

Yola

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English brayn, from Old English bræġn, from Proto-West Germanic *bragn.

Pronunciation

Noun

bryne

  1. brain
    • 1867, “SONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 5, page 108:
      Hea took up a lounnick, an knockt udh aar bryne.
      He took up the churn-dash and knock'd out their brain.

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 28
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