Dunelm
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From a Latin name for the city; compare Dunelmensis. Doublet of Durham.
Proper noun[edit]
Dunelm (uncountable)
- (historical) Durham.
- 1747, Andrew Kippis, Biographia Britannica: or The Lives Of The Most Eminent Persons Who Have Flourished in Great Britain And Ireland, page 93:
- Before Aldhun's arrival, the town of Dunelm, or Durham, consisted only of a few scattered huts or cottages.