Dunelm

English

Etymology

From a Latin name for the city; compare Dunelmensis. Doublet of Durham.

Proper noun

Dunelm (uncountable)

1. (historical) Durham.
   • 1747, Andrew Kippis, Biographia Britannica: or The Lives Of The Most Eminent Persons Who Have Flourished in Great Britain And Ireland, page 93:

     Before Aldhun's arrival, the town of Dunelm, or Durham, consisted only of a few scattered huts or cottages.