armring

English

Etymology

arm +‎ ring

Noun

armring (plural armrings)

1. A ring worn on the arm.

   Synonym: armlet

   • 2011, Tony Abramson, New Perspectives:

     They were worn by men rather than by women and pre-Viking repoussé-decorated gold foils from Sorte Muld, Bornholm, appear to show a man who is wearing armrings wielding a sword and a man with two rings on his upper arm.

   • 2017, Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 42:

     Odin examined the arm-ring, then pushed it onto his arm, up high on his biceps.

Anagrams

• marring

Dutch

Etymology

Compound of arm +‎ ring.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑrm.rɪŋ/
• Hyphenation: arm‧ring

Noun

armring m (plural armringen, diminutive armringetje n)

1. An armring. [from 16th c.]

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From arm +‎ ring.

Noun

armring m (definite singular armringen, indefinite plural armringer, definite plural armringene)

1. a ring worn on the arm; and armring, armband

References

• “armring” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From arm +‎ ring.

Noun

armring m (definite singular armringen, indefinite plural armringar, definite plural armringane)

1. a ring worn on the arm; and armring, armband

References

• “armring” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.