armring

noun

Etymology

From arm + ring.

  1. derived from *(s)krengʰ-
  2. inherited from *hringaz
  3. inherited from *hring
  4. inherited from hring
  5. inherited from ryng
  6. compounded as armring — “arm + ring

Definitions

  1. A ring worn on the arm.

    • They were worn by men rather than by women and pre-Viking repoussé-decorated gold foils from Sorte Muld, Bornholm, appear to show a man who is wearing armrings wielding a sword and a man with two rings on his upper arm.
    • Odin examined the arm-ring, then pushed it onto his arm, up high on his biceps.

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