Editing Lindisfarne (section)

===Etymology===
The name ''Lindisfarne'' has an uncertain origin. The ''-farne'' part of the name may be Old English ''fearena'', [[genitive]] [[plural]] of {{lang|ang|fara}}, meaning traveller.{{sfn|James|2019}} The first part, ''Lindis-'', may refer to people from the [[Kingdom of Lindsey]] in modern [[Lincolnshire]], referring to either regular visitors or settlers.{{sfn|Mills|1997|p=221}}{{sfn|Myers|1985|p=175}}{{sfn|Ekwall|1960|pp=298–99}}{{sfn|Green|2020|pp=239–40}} Another possibility is that Lindisfarne is [[Common Brittonic|Brittonic]] in origin, containing the element ''Lind-'' meaning stream or pool ([[Welsh language|Welsh]] {{lang|cy|llyn}}),{{sfn|James|2019}} with the nominal morpheme ''-as(t)'' and an unknown element identical to that in the [[Farne Islands]].{{sfn|James|2019}} Further suggested is that the name may be a wholly [[Old Irish]] formation, from corresponding {{lang|sga|lind-is-}}, plus {{lang|sga|–fearann}} meaning land, domain, territory.{{sfn|James|2019}} Such an Irish formation, however, could have been based on a pre-existing Brittonic name.{{sfn|James|2019}}

There is also a supposition that the nearby Farne Islands are fern-like in shape and the name may have come from there.{{sfn|Simpson|2009}}