findrinny

findrinny

English

Etymology

From Irish fiondruine, a decorative white bronze used on bracelets and shields.[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪndɹɪni/

Noun

findrinny (uncountable)

1. White bronze.
2. A kind of red bronze. [2]
   • 1889: A pearl-pale, high-born lady, who rode / On a horse with a bridle of findrinny — WB Yeats, The Wanderings of Oisin, Book 1

References

1. Ferocious Alphabets, Denis Donoghue, 1984, Columbia University Press, pp. 4-6.
2. Poems, W. B. Yeats, 1895, Glossary, p.283., retrieved 30June2011