bryne

See also: Bryne

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbryː.ne/

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.

Noun

bryne

  1. brain

References
  • Jacob Poole (1867), 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, page 28
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