armring

English

Etymology

arm + ring

Noun

armring (plural armrings)

  1. A ring worn on the arm.
    Synonym: armlet
    • 2011, Tony Abramson, New Perspectives:
      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.
    • 2017, Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 42:
      Odin examined the arm-ring, then pushed it onto his arm, up high on his biceps.

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

Compound of arm + ring.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑrm.rɪŋ/
  • Hyphenation: arm‧ring

Noun

armring m (plural armringen, diminutive armringetje n)

  1. An armring. [from 16th c.]

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From arm + ring.

Noun

armring m (definite singular armringen, indefinite plural armringer, definite plural armringene)

  1. a ring worn on the arm; and armring, armband

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From arm + ring.

Noun

armring m (definite singular armringen, indefinite plural armringar, definite plural armringane)

  1. a ring worn on the arm; and armring, armband

References

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