26 TEESDALE PLACE-NAMES. 



BUEN. 



Icel. hrunnr, a spring, a well, torrent ; TJlf . brunna, fons ; Dan. 

 brand, bmlc ; Swed. brunn ; 0. H. G. brunno ; Mod. Ger. brunn; 

 Dut. and Flem. bron ; (A.-S. biirne, a bourn, stream, beck, river, 

 burn, burna, torrens. Lye.) 



A Teutonic or Germano-Scandinavian and A.-S. word. 



In Wei. it is ffynnon, ffynnonell, fountain, corafon, rivulet, 

 afonig, fr. afon, river, rivulet, small stream. Gael, alltan. In 

 \jsX. fons, jiumen, jiuentum, rivulus,,puteus, scaturigo. Fons re-, 

 sembles the Celtic afon. Ital. fontana, fonte, sorgente, rio, rivolo, 

 ruscello, rwoletto. Sp. fuente, riachuelo. Port, ribeiro, ribeirinha, 

 a rill. Fr. fontaine, source, ruisseau, fountain, rivulet. 



" Brunn vel brund, puteus. Ant. brunder, Ulpb. brunna, Al. 

 prunno, latex. A.-S. born, bruna, burna. Germ, born and brun.''^ 

 Sunt qui et Ebrseo bor, fons, derivent. Ihre. 



'■'■Burn. 1. Water, particularly that which is taken from a 

 fountain or well. I am inclined to consider this as the primary 

 sense of the word. Moeso-Goth. and Precop. brunna. Suio- 

 Goth. brunn. Isl. brunn-ur, &c., a well or fountain. 2. A rivu- 

 let or brook. ' i?Mr?i is water. Clav. Yorks. Dial.' " Jamieson's 

 Diet, and Suppl. 



" Burn, a brook or stream. A.-S. burne, byrna. Gael. burn. 

 A word very little used in this district." Cleveland Gloss. 

 Atkinson. It occurs in the West Riding also, (English Dialect 

 'Soc), and is as common in Northumberland as beck in Durham 

 and Yorkshire. 



Examples : — 



Bowlees Burn — ? b. of the boggy leas. 



Crookburn — from its windings. 



Forceburn — b. at the force or waterfall. 



Forthburn — ^having a forth or ford over it. 



Greenburn — from herbage or foliage on its banks. 



Hudeshope Burn — TJddo's-hope Burn. 



John's Burn — St. John's, or from some person called John ? 



Milburn Forest — perhaps Milburn's forest. 



