The story
- Old English · inherited frommǣd“meadow”
- English todayMedbourne
"The meadow stream", from Old English mǣd (“meadow”) + burna (“stream”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishmǣd all →
mead
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Medbourne
Today it means: A suburban area in Shenley Church End parish, Milton Keynes district, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8236). Full definition →
Old English mǣd