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cwyrn-stán

  • noun [ masculine ]
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cwyrn-stán, cweorn-stán,es; m.
A mill-stone; molaris lapis, mola
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  • Cwyrnstán

    mola,

    • Wrt. Voc. 83,
    • 8.
  • Ðæt him wǽre getiged án ormǽte cwyrnstán to his swuran, and he swá wurde on deóppre sǽ besenced

    that an immense mill-stone was tied to his neck, and he was so sunk in the deep sea,

    • Homl. Th. i. 514, 17: Mt. Bos. 18,
    • 6.
  • Án cweornstán

    lapis molaris,

    • Lk. Bos. 17, 2: Mk. Bos. 9,
    • 42.
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v.  cweorn-stán.
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