cweornstan
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Alternative forms
- cwyrnstān, cwurnstān
Etymology
From cweorn + stān, from cweornstān, from Proto-Germanic *kwernōstainaz. Cognate with Old High German quirnstein and Old Norse kvernsteinn.
Pronunciation
Noun
cweornstān m
- quernstone, millstone
- Lǣt niman ǣnne grēatne cwurnstān and hǣtan hine and lecgan hine under þone man
- Let one take a great quernstone and heat it and lie it underneath it
- Ðæt him wǣre getiged ān ormǣte cwyrnstān to his swuran, and he swā wurde on dēoppre sǣ besenced
- That to him were tied an immense quernstone on his neck, and so was he sunk in the deep sea
Declension
Declension of cweornstān (strong a-stem)
Descendants
- Middle English querneston, wherneston
- English quernstone
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