Obs. [Early ME. burne (ü):—OE. byrne ‘cuirass, corslet’: the later form of this would have been *byrn, *birn, whence the metathetized forms BRYN, brene, q.v. Cf. the parallel dissyllabic brynie, brunie, BRINIE, from ON., and its metathetized form BYRNIE.] = BRINIE.
c. 1050. Gloss., in Wr.-Wülcker, 434. Lorica anata, hringedu byrne.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 155. Nimeð gode ileue to burne.
c. 1205. Lay., 27123. Cnihtes mid burnen [c. 1275 brunie] wel idihten. Ibid., 21129. Þa dude he on his burne [c. 1275 brunie].
