Meanings
proper nounDunelm (uncountable)
- historicaluncountableDurham.
Before Aldhun's arrival, the town of Dunelm, or Durham, consisted only of a few scattered huts or cottages.
1747, Andrew Kippis, Biographia Britannica: or The Lives Of The Most Eminent Persons Who Have Flourished in Great Britain And Ireland, page 93
Origin
From a Latin name for the city; compare Dunelmensis. Doublet of Durham.
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