burnie

• Wiglaf discoursed then Weohstan his son, sad-mooded hero He begins to taunt them Looked on the hated: "He who soothness will utter Can say that the liegelord who gave you the jewels The ornament-armor wherein ye are standing 45 When on ale-bench often he offered to hall-men Helmet and burnie, the prince to his liegemen As best upon earth he was able to find him 97 Surely our lord wasted his armor on poltroons That he wildly wasted his war-gear undoubtedly When battle o'ertook him. —  Beowulf An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem
• An' the cowt stown out o' the yaird That trots like a burnie in June My Meg she is waitin' abeigh Ilk spunkie that flits through the fen Wad jealously lead me astray Frae my ain bonnie lass o' the glen! —  Old Spookses' Pass, Malcolm's Katie, and other poems
• That trots like a burnie in June! —  Old Spookses' Pass, Malcolm's Katie, and other poems
• "I was thinkin 'aboot the burnie, gran'mamma." —  Warlock o' Glenwarlock
• "It's my ain burnie," said Ginevra, "an 'it's ain auld sang! —  Sir Gibbie

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