"quern" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /kwɛrn/, /kweːrn/ Forms: quernes [plural]
Etymology: From Old English cweorn, from Proto-Germanic *kwernō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂wō (“heavy stone”), from *gʷréh₂us (“heavy”). Etymology templates: {{root|enm|ine-pro|*gʷreh₂-}}, {{inh|enm|ang|cweorn}} Old English cweorn, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*kwernō}} Proto-Germanic *kwernō, {{inh|enm|ine-pro|*gʷréh₂wō|t=heavy stone}} Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂wō (“heavy stone”) Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} quern, {{enm-noun|quernes}} quern (plural quernes)
  1. A quern or quirn; a device for grinding grains. Categories (topical): Tools
    Sense id: en-quern-enm-noun-VjBBoQ9Q Disambiguation of Tools: 62 38
  2. A stone forming part of a quern.
    Sense id: en-quern-enm-noun-IkNTb2Nj
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: querne, queerne, cwerne, quyerne, quyrne, qwerne, whern, qweryn, qwhern Derived forms: pepyrquerne

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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