What does "bourne" means to you?
Thx
2007-07-22 23:31:36 · 13 answers · asked by Anita 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
And I'm not talking about the surname in that movie, sorry.
2007-07-22 23:35:12 · update #1
A bourne or burne is the old english for a brook or river. ie; Bournemouth: River mouth.
In Irish it is Byrne and in Scottish it is Burns.
2007-07-22 23:37:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Denise B is right - bourne = burn (Scottish) = stream. By extension it can also mean a boundary, or an area marked off by a boundary; Shakespeare described he next world as "that bourne from which no traveller returns", after, in other words, you have crossed the river of death.
Streams and rivers are commonly boundaries of course, hence the extension of meaning. Something similar happened in Yorkshire, where the word "syke" or "sike" came to have the specific meaning of "stream which marks a boundary."
2007-07-23 04:32:17 · answer #2 · answered by Michael B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jason Bourne's last name in the movie The Bourne Identity. I think it is his special-ops name. I don't know what his real name is.
2007-07-22 23:36:15 · answer #3 · answered by Daniel R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What a wonderful question. Religion is, of course, the form that one's worship takes. Thus there are thousands of forms. Religion includes a system of religious beliefs and practices. The object of the religion may be false gods or the true God. Hence, there is false religion and there is true. Religion can get very fancy or remain simple. In the former case, such as it is today. In the latter case, such as it was in the Garden of Eden. What then is worship to me? How do I worship? To worship means to obey. And to obey means to worship. The two are intimately connected; indeed, they are coterminous and cannot be separated. Specifically, to obey the Sovereign Lord God Jehovah of Armies is to worship Him. I do my imperfect best in this regard. I fall on my face and get back up to try and try again. In the Garden of Eden, so long as they obeyed Jehovah, Adam and Eve were worshiping him. No temple, no Mosaic Law, no meetings. Simply leave the tree of the knowledge of good and bad alone. Simple. The minute they disobeyed, they stopped worshiping Jehovah. Same with the nation of Israel. The minute they attempted to practice a syncretistic religion they stopped worshiping Jehovah. The minute they made the golden calf, they stopped. And on and on. To worship is to obey. To obey is to worship. Hannah J Paul
2016-05-20 23:44:45 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2. bourne - an archaic term for a goal or destination
2007-07-22 23:40:18 · answer #5 · answered by ~~Night:Wolf~~ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anglo-saxon word meaning stream
Other derivations depending on locality eg Scotland, Ireland can also mean hill or small river
2007-07-24 23:32:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think of Matt Damon's character in that trilogy ;-)
but...
Also means a goal (destination);
a boundary (as in area);
a small stream/brook.
http://thefreedictionary.com/bourne
2007-07-22 23:34:07 · answer #7 · answered by Lula Belle 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
An awesome Code-name for the NET
2007-07-22 23:35:15 · answer #8 · answered by Lilith 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bourne to means means a burden to carry like "Sorrows have to be bourne"
2007-07-22 23:34:53 · answer #9 · answered by Barb Outhere 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
A town in south Lincolnshire.
2007-07-22 23:33:30 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋