kvernarauga

Old Norse

Etymology

From kvern (“quern”) +‎ auga (“eye”).

Noun

kvernarauga n

1. the eye or hole of a millstone

Declension

Declension of kvernarauga (weak an-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kvernarauga	kvernaraugat	{{{2}}}u	{{{2}}}un
accusative	kvernarauga	kvernaraugat	{{{2}}}u	{{{2}}}un
dative	kvernarauga	kvernarauganu	{{{2}}}um	{{{2}}}unum
genitive	kvernarauga	kvernaraugans	kvernaraugna	kvernaraugnanna

Further reading

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