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[Facts] Help needed on - Fremi - Old Norse, Glenbourne + Marbella
Glenbourne Johnson (from Newcastle circa 1700), strange name. This appears to relate to a place, but if you search England and Scotland there appears to be no such place??? does this mean born in a glen?Marbella - Spanish - what does the 1st element refer to?
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Re - Everyone - Thanks!
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Glenbourne:
If you take the two elements 'glen' gaellic for literally just glen, or a valley, and bourne from the old english beorn, meaning bear
so 'valley bear' or 'bear of the valley' or 'valley of the bears' Marbella:
Again seperate the element, mar, likely from mary/maria
bella - meaning beautiful
could be a derivative of Mariabella, a constraction of it
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Cannot "mar" mean sea too?
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No, your thinking mer.
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Possible alternative etymology for 'bourne' . . .I used to live on Glenburn Road, which appears to be related to Glenbourne. In this case, 'burn' is from the Old English born/burn meaning 'stream' or 'fountain'.:-)http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=burn
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Wow, thats even prettier ^_^
Valley of the stream,
i guess thought it could be 'burnt' valley too, most likely bear (see Osbourne) or stream though, as it says right on that website its a common place name.
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Cheers Silver. - Anyone know where Glenbourne is?
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