byrnie

...(E/archaic)=coat of mail, xiv(Barbour and jacket of that name),=brinie(xii-xv)=brynja(ON)= byrne(OE)=brunnia(OSax)= brunna(OHG)=brunjo(Goth)=of Celtic origin=bruinne(OIrish)= b(r)u/pinne= pinaua/opinauh(N/root)=redden, be ashamed, or, conversely shine, a solar warrior in the making. Onions says bronja(OSlav)=bronja(Pr.) were adopted from German, but it's doubtful broigne(OFr) was,=embroil(E)=imbrogliare(Ital)= embrollar(sp)=imbroglio(E/loan word fm Ital., xviii), comes from Italian matrix.