brynje – Norwegian Bokmål noun declension

Norwegian Bokmål noun forms of brynje

Noun: brynje
Gender: Masculine, Feminine Hyphenation:

Indefinite

Sg.brynje
Pl.brynjer

Definite

Sg.brynja; brynjen
Pl.brynjene

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like brynje

krokodille, snuppe, flytebrygge, smekke, slynge, slette, skøyte, sløyfe, brennesle, skuffe, skråme, skrøne, skisse, skinke, skinne, skjære, skorpe, diamantgruve, revebjelle, øygruppe, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Germanic *brunjǭ
3. Old Norse brynja
4. Danish brynje
5. Norwegian Bokmål brynje
6. From Danish brynje, from Old Norse brynja (“coat of mail or plate”), from Proto-Germanic *brunjǭ (“breastplate”), possibly from Old Irish bruinne (“breast, bosom, chest”), from Proto-Celtic *brusnyos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (“to break”). See: Danish Nouns 'brynje', Old Norse Nouns 'brynja'.

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