kvernsteinn
Old Norse
Etymology
From kvern (“quern”) + steinn (“stone”).
Noun
kvernsteinn m (genitive kvernsteins)
- millstone, quernstone
Declension
Declension of kvernsteinn (strong a-stem)
masculine | singular | plural | ||
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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