brunne
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See also: Brunne
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English burna, Old Norse brunnr. Doublet of bourn.
Noun[edit]
brunne (plural brunnes)
- (archaic) A spring or source (of water).
- 1866, Charles Kingsley, chapter 1, in Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 21:
- Their site, not on one of the hills behind, but on the dead flat meadow, was determined doubtless by the noble fountain, bourn, or brunne, which rises amongst the earthworks, and gives its name to the whole town.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Participle[edit]
brunne
- inflection of brenna:
Swedish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
brunne
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