quern

[ kwurn ]

noun
  1. a primitive, hand-operated mill for grinding grain.

Origin of quern

1
before 950; Middle English; Old English cweorn; akin to Old Norse kvern hand-mill

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quern

/ (kwɜːn) /


noun
  1. a stone hand mill for grinding corn

Origin of quern

1
Old English cweorn; related to Old Frisian quern, Old High German kurn, Old Norse kverna, Gothic quairnus millstone

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