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CWYRN

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
CWYRN, cweorn, e; f:cweorne , an; f.
A mill, hand-mill, QUERN; mola
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  • Twá beóþ æt cwyrne grindende: án byþ genumen, and óðer byþ lǽfed

    duæ molentes in mola; una assumētur, et una relinquētur,

    • Mt. Bos. 24,
    • 41.
  • Ðæt híg grundon on cwyrne

    popŭlus illud frangēbat mola,

    • Num. 11,
    • 8.
  • Æt ðære cweornan

    ad molam,

    • Ex. 11,
    • 5.
Etymology
[
Prompt. querne mola manualis:
Wyc. Chauc. querne:
Plat. queern, qwern a handmill:
O. Sax. querna , f:
O. Frs. quern:
Dut. Kil. querne:
M. H. Ger. kürne , kürn , kurn, f:
O. H. Ger. quirn, f:
Goth. qairnus, m. or f:
Dan. qwærn , m. f:
Swed. qwarn , f:
Icel. kwern , kwórn,
. f.]
Derived forms
esul-cwyrn, hand-
Linked entries
v.  cwearn cweorn.
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