bryne

See also: Bryne

Middle English

Alternative forms

• brine, briyn, brin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbriːn(ə)/

Noun

bryne (plural brynes)

1. brine

Descendants

• English: brine
• Yola: brine

References

• “brīne, n.²”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old English

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbry.ne/

Noun

bryne m

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

Declension

Declension of bryne (strong i-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	bryne	brynas
accusative	bryne	brynas
genitive	brynes	bryna
dative	bryne	brynum

Derived terms

• hūsbryne
• manbryne
• sunbryne

Descendants

• ⇒ English: brian
• ⇒ Scots: brin, bryne

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbryː.ne/

Noun

brȳne f

1. Alternative form of brīne

Yola

Alternative forms

• brine, brian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɾiːn/
• Homophone: brine

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