Winter-burna

Old English Dictionary Entry

Winter-burna

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words:

Definitions

1 winter-burna

m. A stream that is full in winter(?), a stream that has the fullness of winter(?), a torrent:--Ofer ðæt burna l uinter-burna trans torrentem, Jn. Skt. Lind. 18, 1. ¶ the word occurs as a local name, and is found often in the Charters, e. g.: In Winter-burnan . . . swá on óðerne Winterburnan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 405, 22. See vi. 354, col. 2. winter-burna

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛁᚾᛏᛖᚱ-ᛒᚢᚱᚾᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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