I. noun
or bourne ˈbō(ə)rn, -ȯ(ə)rn, -u̇(ə)rn
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English bourne, from Old English burn, burna, burne; akin to Old High German brunno spring of water, Old Norse brunnr, Gothic brunna, Greek phrear well, Latin fervēre to boil — more at burn
: stream , brook , rivulet ; specifically : an intermittent stream on chalk downs
II. noun
or bourne “
( -s )
Etymology: Middle French bourne, borne, from Old French bodne, bonne, borne — more at bound
1. archaic : bound , boundary , limit
2. archaic : a terminal point aimed at : goal , destination
sole bourn , sole wish, sole object of my song — William Wordsworth