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)

1. mill, grinder (grinding apparatus)

Derived terms

• avfallskvern
• bedekvern
• bekkekvern
• grynkvern
• himmelsk kvern
• håndkvern
• kaffekvern
• kjøttkvern
• kompostkvern
• kosmisk kvern
• krydderkvern
• kvernbenk
• kvernberg
• kverne
• kvernfall
• kvernfør
• kverngrep
• kvernhus
• kvernkall
• kvernknarr
• kvernknurr
• kvernsagn
• kvernslok
• kvernstein
• kvernsteinsbrudd
• mandelkvern
• melkvern
• pepperkvern
• resolusjonskvern
• råkostkvern
• sagkvern
• saltkvern
• siktekvern
• skallekvern
• snuskvern
• speserikvern
• språkvern
• vannkvern
• vasskvern
• verdenskvern

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)

1. grinder, mill

References

• “kvern” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kwernō.

Noun

kvern f (genitive kvernar, plural kvernir)

1. a millstone
2. a quern, handmill

Declension

Declension of kvern (strong ō-stem, ar and ir-plurals)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kvern	kvernin	kvernar, kvernir	kvernarnar, kvernirnar
accusative	kvern	kvernina	kvernar, kvernir	kvernarnar, kvernirnar
dative	kvern	kverninni	kvernum	kvernunum
genitive	kvernar	kvernarinnar	kverna	kvernanna

Derived terms

• kvernarauga n (“the eye of a millstone”)
• kvernsteinn m (“quern-stone, millstone”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: kvörn f
• Faroese: kvørn f
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kvern f
• Norwegian Bokmål: kvern m or f
• Jamtish: kvárn f
• Old Swedish: kværn f
  • Swedish: kvarn c
• Danish: kværn c

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “kvern”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive