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A '''byrnie'' is a term to describe a [[maille|mail]] [[armour]] that has short sleeves and approximately thigh or upper thigh length torso. The byrnie is generally regarded as shorter than the [[hauberk]].

This type of armour was worn by [[Viking]]s and [[Saxon]]s and their contemporaries before the [[11th century]].

Mail shirts of approximately the same torso length but longer sleeves appear to have been common with soldiers during the [[14th century|14th]] and [[15th century]].

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