Meanings
nounbrunne (plural brunnes)
plural brunnes · alternative brune
- archaicA spring or source (of water).
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.
1866, Charles Kingsley, chapter 1, in Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 21
Origin
- Old Norsebrunnr
- Old Englishburna
- Englishbrunne
From Old English burna, Old Norse brunnr. Doublet of bourn.
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brunne. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brunne
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