| 单词 | byrnie |
| 例句 | It is true that only one trace of a byrnie, and that apparently not of ring-mail, has so far been found in an Anglo-Saxon grave. Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn The King of Vali council takes, And a sad mistake made he; A name had he gained for courtesy and valour, But he never donned byrnie. Stories and Ballads of the Far Past Translated from the Norse (Icelandic and Faroese) with Introductions and Notes Ay once, and only once; it was that night when Gunnar sat with me in my bower; he crushed me in his arms till his byrnie burst, and then, then——! The Vikings of Helgeland The Prose Dramas Of Henrik Ibsen, Vol. III. While they were busking themselves for the journey, she brought them byrnies and helmets, so strong that iron could not scathe them. The Younger Edda Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda I did so, and in that lay a most beautiful byrnie and helm, if anything better than those we had been choosing from. A Sea Queen's Sailing To begin with; the pyre in Beowulf is represented as hung with helmets, bright byrnies, and shields. Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn Then he another speedily shot, That the byrnie burst; in breast was he wounded Through the ringèd mail; there stood in his heart145 The poisonous point. Elene; Judith; Athelstan, or the Fight at Brunanburh; Byrhtnoth, or the Fight at Maldon; and the Dream of the Rood Anglo-Saxon Poems Those among the audience who have been carefully reading the translation up to this point, here look up and closely watch Siegfried's proceedings, being evidently uncertain as to what "his byrnie" may be. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, June 18, 1892 Atli his men assembled, in their byrnies they issued forth, went prepared so that a fence was between them. The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson So I made no delay, but took off my byrnie and garments. A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex But would the pyre have been hung with helmets and byrnies? Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn One measured your mail, byrnie and helm both, as you slept. A Thane of Wessex Some clever person in Stalls observes that up to now, he has always thought that "'byrnie' was the affectionate diminutive for a mountain 'byrne' in Scotland." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, June 18, 1892 Nay, nay, she said; I have nought to carry but myself; but ye have your byrnies and your other armour, which were heavy for you to drag on afoot, even a little way. The Water of the Wondrous Isles So they came to me and searched my pouch and thrust their grimy hands into the front of my byrnie, and there they found the king's letter, which they seized with a shout of delight. A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex But is there any instance of the thing being done on this scale—of a wholesale burning of helmets and byrnies followed by a burial of huge treasure? Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn No better were they than the other two suits, for all three were of good Sussex ring mail as to the byrnies,x while the boar-crested helms were of hammered steel. A Thane of Wessex The knights of the eleventh century A.D., in addition to very large shields, wore ponderous hauberks or byrnies, as we shall prove presently. Homer and His Age They relieve him of helmet and byrnie, and swing away in a triumphal procession to Heorot. Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived Only my ring mail byrnie they could not take from me, as they feared to untie my arms. A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex Charles the Great forbade the export of byrnies from his dominions. Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn She throws her bulk upon him, crushes him down, draws a short sword and plunges it at him; but again his splendid byrnie saves him. English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World The mediaeval warrior has a heavy byrnie as well as a great shield suspended from his neck. Homer and His Age Do on the brogues of the wild-wood rover, Do on the byrnies’ ring-close mail;Take thou the staff that the barbs hang over, O’er the wind and the waste and the way to prevail. The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale For him, then did the people of the Geáts prepare upon the earth a funeral pile, strong, hung round with helmets, with war boards and bright byrnies as he had requested. English Literature for Boys and Girls Steingrim before his banner went, And helms were broke and byrnies rent. Poems By the Way There long I turned and twisted within the battle-girth Before those bears of onset: while out from the grey world streamed The broad red lash of the lightening and in our byrnies gleamed. The House of the Wolfings Nay, sweet, my May, Valhalla shuts its gates to me, a deedless man; up Bifrost's rainbow bridge I may not travel, for I do not die with byrnie on breast and sword aloft. Eric Brighteyes Then came the chief warriors in short fur jackets, splendid in glittering helms and byrnies, and each with his thrall bearing his battle-axe. The Path of the King But I ween this war fire is hot, fierce and poisonous; therefore have I on me shield and byrnie. English Literature for Boys and Girls Beer bring I to thee, Fair fruit of the byrnies' clash, Mixed is it mightily, Mingled with fame, Brimming with bright lays And pitiful runes, Wise words, sweet words, Speech of great game. The Story of the Volsungs, (Volsunga Saga) With Excerpts from the Poetic Edda Few iron helms they had and no ringed byrnies, but most had a buckler at their backs with no sign or symbol on it. The House of the Wolfings But Blacktooth's byrnie was good, nor did the sword bite into it. Eric Brighteyes This Kristni was a magic-worker, who clad his followers in white linen instead of byrnies, and gave them runes in place of swords, and sprinkled them with witch water. The Path of the King It entered his side through a cleft in his byrnie and pierced him deep. Eric Brighteyes Laughing went Gudrun To the bower of good gear, Kings' crested helms From chests she drew, And wide-wrought byrnies Bore to her sons: Then on their horses Load laid the heroes. The Story of the Volsungs, (Volsunga Saga) With Excerpts from the Poetic Edda His face was white, and white as snow was his beard, and blood from his great wound ran down his byrnie. Eric Brighteyes And as he called, Skallagrim came, and his arms were full of swords and byrnies, and red rings of gold that he had found time to gather from the dead and out of the cabin. Eric Brighteyes Eric might not bear this sight, for his heart beat within him as though it would burst the byrnie over it. Eric Brighteyes Through shield it sheared, and arm that held the shield, through byrnie mail and deep into Earl Atli's side. Eric Brighteyes Then, going to the place where he was wont to sleep, he armed himself, girding his byrnie on his breast and his golden helm upon his head, and taking shield and spear in his hand. Eric Brighteyes This was a great wound, for the axe shore through the steel of the byrnie and sank into the flesh. Eric Brighteyes He had but one arm, for the other was hewn from him, and the byrnie on his left side was red with blood. Eric Brighteyes To Skallagrim also he gave a good byrnie of Welsh steel coloured black. Eric Brighteyes Eric drew Whitefire and leaned on it, waiting for the word, and all the women held him to be wondrous fair as, clad in his byrnie and his golden helm, he leaned thus on Whitefire. Eric Brighteyes Then he entered the cave and set a plain black steel helm upon his black locks, and a black chain byrnie about his breast. Eric Brighteyes The blow falls on his shield, and shears off the side of it, then strikes the byrnie beneath, but lightly. Eric Brighteyes |
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