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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse kvern, from Proto-Germanic *kwernō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂wō (“heavy stone”), from *gʷréh₂us (“heavy”)
Noun
kvern f or m (definite singular kverna or kvernen, indefinite plural kverner, definite plural kvernene)
- mill, grinder (grinding apparatus)
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse kvern.
Noun
kvern f (definite singular kverna, indefinite plural kvernar, definite plural kvernane)
- grinder, mill
References
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *kwernō.
Noun
kvern f (genitive kvernar, plural kvernir)
- a millstone
- a quern, handmill
Declension
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Declension of kvern (strong ō-stem, ar and ir-plurals)
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Descendants
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “kvern”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive