brunne

See also: Brunne

English

Alternative forms

• brune

Etymology

From Old English burna, Old Norse brunnr. Doublet of bourn.

Noun

brunne (plural brunnes)

1. (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

Participle

brunne

1. inflection of brenna:
   1. indefinite neuter singular past participle
   2. plural past participle

Swedish

Adjective

brunne

1. definite natural masculine singular of brunnen