kvern

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse kvern, from Proto-Germanic *kwernō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerewn-.

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.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse kvern.

Noun

kvern f (definite singular kverna, indefinite plural kvernar, definite plural kvernane)

1. grinder, mill

References

• “kvern” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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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 i-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kvern	kvernin	kvernir	kvernirnar
accusative	kvern	kvernina	kvernir	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
• Jamtish: kvæðn f
• Old Swedish: kværn f
  • Swedish: kvarn c
• Danish: kværn c

References

• “kvern”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press