Cweorn-burna

Old English Dictionary Entry

Cweorn-burna

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words:

Definitions

1 cweorn-burna

m. A mill-stream:--Andlang mearcellan ꝥ hit cymð þǽr cwyrnburna and mearcella sceótað tógædere; þonne forð andlang cwyrnburnan, C. D. iii. 458, 12-14. [Cf. Icel. kvern-á a mill-stream.] cweorn-burna

Runic Inscription

ᚳᚹᛇᚱᚾ-ᛒᚢᚱᚾᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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