Dunelm

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English

Etymology

From a Latin name for the city; compare Dunelmensis.

Proper noun

Dunelm (uncountable)

  1. (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.
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