kvernsteinn
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From kvern (“quern”) + steinn (“stone”).
Noun
[edit]kvernsteinn m (genitive kvernsteins)
Declension
[edit] Declension of kvernsteinn (strong a-stem)
| masculine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | kvernsteinn | kvernsteinninn | kvernsteinar | kvernsteinarnir |
| accusative | kvernstein | kvernsteininn | kvernsteina | kvernsteinana |
| dative | kvernsteini | kvernsteininum | kvernsteinum | kvernsteinunum |
| genitive | kvernsteins | kvernsteinsins | kvernsteina | kvernsteinanna |
Descendants
[edit]- Norwegian Nynorsk: kvernstein
- Norwegian Bokmål: kvernstein
References
[edit]- “kvernsteinn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press