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quern
[ kwurn ]
noun
- a primitive, hand-operated mill for grinding grain.
quern
/ kwɜːn /
noun
- a stone hand mill for grinding corn
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Word History and Origins
Origin of quern1
before 950; Middle English; Old English cweorn; akin to Old Norse kvern hand-mill
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Word History and Origins
Origin of quern1
Old English cweorn; related to Old Frisian quern, Old High German kurn, Old Norse kverna, Gothic quairnus millstone
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Example Sentences
I think a prudent reader should pronounce as the judges do—Pater est is quern nuptiæ demonstrant.
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That quern turned out anything that the grinder chose, though formerly it had ground nothing but peace and gold.
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One summer it happened that the men from Quern had killed many deer, while those from Exaluq had caught but a few.
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Mysingr took with him the quern, Grotti, with Fenia and Menia, and ordered them to grind salt.
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But angels used to grind at the quern for Ciaran's sake on the day that was his.
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