Where does “guþbyrne” come from?
guþbyrne (Old English) comes from Old English byrne, from Irish Ó Broin, from Irish bran, from English bran, from Middle English bran, from Old French bren, from Gaulish brennos, from Proto-Celtic bragnos — to smell, to have a strong odour.
guþbyrne (Old English): corselet, battle-mail
Definitions
- corselet, battle-mail
Ancestry of “guþbyrne”, step by step
guþbyrne traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old English byrne
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | byrne | corselet, coat of mail |
| 2 | Irish | Ó Broin | — |
| 3 | Irish | bran | raven; bream; Clipping of bran |
| 4 | English | bran | The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or... |
| 5 | Middle English | bran | The ground husk of wheat |
| 6 | Old French | bren | bran |
| 7 | Gaulish | brennos | rotten |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | bragnos | rotten |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreHg- | to smell, to have a strong odour |
via Old English gūþ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | gūþ | battle, war, fight |