kvern

== Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Old Norse kvern, from Proto-Germanic *kwernō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂wō (“heavy stone”), from *gʷréh₂us (“heavy”) === Noun === kvern f or m (definite singular kverna or kvernen, indefinite plural kverner, definite plural kvernene) mill, grinder (grinding apparatus) ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === mølle === Further reading === “kvern” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === kvæinn, kveinn (dialectal) kvedn (differentiation) === Etymology === From Old Norse kvern. === Pronunciation === (most of Eastern Norway) IPA(key): /kʋæɳ/ (palatalization) IPA(key): /kʋæɲ/ (differentiation) IPA(key): /kʋedn/ (guttural R) IPA(key): /kʋæʁn/ === Noun === kvern f (definite singular kverna, indefinite plural kvernar, definite plural kvernane) grinder, mill === References === “kvern” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *kwernō. === Noun === kvern f (genitive kvernar, plural kvernir) a millstone a quern, handmill ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== kvernarauga n (“the eye of a millstone”) kvernsteinn m (“quern-stone, millstone”) ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “kvern”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive