What are the earliest forms for the Browney? Andrew was not forthcoming
with these at Stirling!
I would remark that the c.1100 witness to the Welsh Latin chronicle
(compiled c.960?) has 'Bellum brune' for the battle.
Henry Gough-Cooper
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From: Richard Coates <[log in to unmask]>
To: EPNL <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 10:22
Subject: Re: [EPNL] Brunanburh & Browney
My problem with Andrew’s solution is that it requires the river name to
be a weak feminine noun, but there is little trace of a suitable
inflectin in the earliest records of the name.
Richard
From: The English Place-Name List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Martin Counihan
Sent: 12 November 2013 10:13
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Subject: Re: [EPNL] Brunanburh & Browney
Thank you, that is of considerable interest to me. My Spanish is weak,
but it seems that Andrew Breeze claims that the Battle of Brunanburh
actually took place by the river Browney near Lanchester. The common
view (in my understanding) is that the battle took place at Bromborough
on Merseyside. I must say that it has always seemed to me to be a
little odd, geographically speaking, for the Alban and English armies
to have met on the Wirral.
Do other members of this list feel that Andrew Breeze's claim is
plausible, linguistically speaking?
Martin Counihan
On Tue, 12 Nov 2013 09:33:08 -0000, Keith Briggs <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
Possibly of interest (if only for being the world’s longest URL):
http://www.unav.edu/web/facultad-de-filosofia-y-letras/detalle-noticia/2013/10/31/un-investigador-del-departamento-de-filologia-decubre-donde-tuvo-lugar-la-batalla-de-brunanburh/-/asset_publisher/4G6p/content/2013_10_31_fyl_un-investigador-del-departamento-de-filologia-decubre-donde-tuvo-lugar-la-batalla-de-brunanburh/10174
Keith
PS: why has Brunanburh in the heading become Burnanburh in the article?
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