kvernsteinn

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Old Norse

Etymology

From kvern (“quern”) +‎ steinn (“stone”).

Noun

kvernsteinn m (genitive kvernsteins)

  1. millstone, quernstone

Declension

  Declension of kvernsteinn (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kvernsteinn kvernsteinninn kvernsteinar kvernsteinarnir
accusative kvernstein kvernsteininn kvernsteina kvernsteinana
dative kvernsteini kvernsteininum kvernsteinum kvernsteinunum
genitive kvernsteins kvernsteinsins kvernsteina kvernsteinanna

Descendants

  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvernstein
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kvernstein

References

  • “kvernsteinn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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