Severne

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === Sevarn, Sevarne Savarne, Saverne (East Saxon, Kent); Syvarne (Warwickshire); Sæværne, Sæverne (Laȝamon's Brut) === Etymology === From the oblique cases of Old English Sǣfern, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *Sabrinā. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsɛvərn(ə)/ IPA(key): /ˈsavərn(ə)/ (East Saxon, Kent) === Proper noun === Severne Severn (a river in England and Wales that flows into the Bristol Channel) ==== Descendants ==== English: Severn Middle Scots: Severne ==== References ==== Ackerman, Robert W. (1952), “Severn”, in An Index of the Arthurian Names In Middle English (Stanford University Publications, University Series; Language and Literature; 10), Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, →OCLC, page 217; republished at New York: AMS Press, 1967. Ekwall, Eilert (1928), “Severn”, in English River-Names, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 359.