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Bourn

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Bourn, Bourne, ‘(place at) the spring(s) or stream(s)’, OScand brunnr: Bourn Cambs. Brune 1086 (DB). Bourne Lincs. Brune 1086 (DB).

The following has the same meaning but is from the cognate OE burna: Bourne, St Mary Hants. Borne 1185, Maryborne 1476. Affix from the original dedication of the chapel here.

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bourn

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

bourn¹ / bôrn; boŏrn/ (also bourne) • n. dial. a small stream, esp. one that flows intermittently or seasonally. bourn (also bourne) • n. poetic/lit. 1. a goal; a destination. 2. a limit; a boundary.

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bourn

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

bourn1 (arch.) boundary, limit. XVI. — (O)F. borne, earlier bodne BOUND1.

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bourn2 var. of BURN1.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

bourn •adorn, born, borne, bourn, Braun, brawn, corn, dawn, drawn, faun, fawn, forborne, forewarn, forlorn, freeborn, horn, lawn, lorn, morn, mourn, newborn, Norn, outworn, pawn, porn, prawn, Quorn, sawn, scorn, Sean, shorn, spawn, suborn, sworn, thorn, thrawn, torn, Vaughan, warn, withdrawn, worn, yawn •airborne • Ayckbourn • seaborne •Eastbourne • stillborn • highborn •Osborne • winterbourne •waterborne • firstborn • Apeldoorn •althorn • hartshorn • leghorn •greenhorn • bighorn • inkhorn •tinhorn • foghorn • longhorn •shorthorn • shoehorn • Flügelhorn •bullhorn • alpenhorn • Matterhorn •acorn • seedcorn • sweetcorn •barleycorn • unicorn • Capricorn •leprechaun • tricorne • einkorn •popcorn • Runcorn • peppercorn •lovelorn • frogspawn • wire-drawn •wartorn • blackthorn • hawthorn •careworn • time-worn • shopworn •toilworn

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