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burne

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
burne, an; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§404;
Running water, a stream, brook, river; torrens, rivus
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  • Burnan flóweþ

    aquæ fluent,

      Ps. Th. 147, 7.

  • He of stán-clife stearce burnan lǽdde

    he drew a strong stream from the stony rock,

      Ps. Th. 135, 17.

  • Se Hǽlend eóde ofer ða burnan Cedron Iesus egressus est trans torrentes Cedron, Jn. Bos. 18, l. Burnan unrihtwísnysse gedréfdon me

    torrentes iniquitatis conturbaverunt me,

      Ps. Spl. 17, 5.

  • Abene ðíne hand ofer ealle ódas, ge ofer burnan, ge ofer meras, and ofer ealle wæter-pyttas

    extends manum tuam super omnes fluvios, et rivos, ac paludes, et omnes lacus aquarum.

      Ex. 7, 19.

  • Wit unc in ðære burnan baðodan ætgædre

    we two bathed together in the brook,

      Exon. 121b; Th. 467, i; Hö. 132.
Derived forms
DER. wylle-burne.
Similar entries
v. burn.
Linked entries
v.  BURN byrne.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “burne.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/5487.

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