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Possible alternative etymology for 'bourne' . . .

by Chrisell

4/15/2005, 5:43 AM

I used to live on Glenburn Road, which appears to be related to Glenbourne. In this case, 'burn' is from the Old English born/burn meaning 'stream' or 'fountain'.

:-)

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=burn

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- Silver (guest)

4/15/2005, 8:45 PM

Wow, thats even prettier ^_^
Valley of the stream,
i guess thought it could be 'burnt' valley too, most likely bear (see Osbourne) or stream though, as it says right on that website its a common place name.

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