𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌾𐍉

𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌾𐍉

Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *brunjǭ.

Noun

𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌾𐍉 • (brunjō) f

1. breastplate
   • Gothic Bible, Thessalonians I 5.8:

     𐌹𐌸 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌹𐍃 𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌿𐍃𐍃𐌺𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌹 𐍃𐌹𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌼𐌰, 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌼𐍉𐌳𐌰𐌹 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌾𐍉𐌽 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌹𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌰𐌸𐍅𐍉𐍃; 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌷𐌹𐌻𐌼𐌰 𐍅𐌴𐌽𐌰𐌹 𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌹𐍃.

     iþ weis dagis wisandans usskawai sijaima, gahamōdai brunjōn galaubeinais jah friaþwōs; jah hilma wēnai naseinais.

     But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation. (KJV)

Declension

Feminine ōn-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌾𐍉 brunjō	𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌾𐍉𐌽𐍃 brunjōns
Vocative	𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌾𐍉 brunjō	𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌾𐍉𐌽𐍃 brunjōns
Accusative	𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌾𐍉𐌽 brunjōn	𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌾𐍉𐌽𐍃 brunjōns
Genitive	𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌾𐍉𐌽𐍃 brunjōns	𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌾𐍉𐌽𐍉 brunjōnō
Dative	𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌾𐍉𐌽 brunjōn	𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌾𐍉𐌼 brunjōm

Descendants

• → Proto-Slavic: *brъnja (possibly from Low German instead)
  • Old Church Slavonic: брънѩ (brŭnję)
    • Bulgarian: брóня (brónja)
  • Old East Slavic: бръня (brŭnja)
    • Russian: броня́ (bronjá)