brunnen

The name "brown-wort" has been got either from the brown colour of the stems and flowers, or, more probably, from its growing abundantly about the "brunnen," or public German fountains.

Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

K.W. translates Sieben-brunnen; more acceptable than K. C.,

Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942

Despite draughts of Elizabeth-brunnen and promenades on the Kurhaus terrace, the stalwart woman beater succumbed to his malady.

Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Courtship Anthony Trollope 1848

{50} [Resuscitated in vain by Charles Lamb.] {51} J. Grimm (_Wörterbuch_, p. xxvi.): Fällt von ungefähr ein fremdes wort in den brunnen einer sprache, so wird es so lange darin umgetrieben, bis es ihre farbe annimmt, und seiner fremden art zum trotze wie ein heimisches aussieht.

English Past and Present Richard Chenevix Trench 1846

Paul Flemming, as, with Mrs. Ashburton and her dark-eyed daughter, he drove up the Valley of Lauter-brunnen, -- the Valley of

Hyperion Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1844

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