Old English · noun
cweornstan
Normalised cweornstān
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈkwe͜orn.stɑːn/[ˈkwe͜orˠn.stɑːn]
- Syllables
- ˈkwe͜orn · stɑːn (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- quernstonemillstone
Meaning
-
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
Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cweornstān | cweornstānas |
| Accusative | cweornstān | cweornstānas |
| Genitive | cweornstānes | cweornstāna |
| Dative | cweornstāne | cweornstānum |
All forms (6)
Etymology
From cweorn + stān, from cweornstān, from Proto-Germanic *kwernōstainaz. Cognate with Old High German quirnstein and Old Norse kvernsteinn.
Descendants
quernstone
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