cweornstanとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From cweorn + stān, from cweornstān, from Proto-Germanic *kwernōstainaz. Cognate with Old High German quirnstein and Old Norse kvernsteinn.

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwe͜orn.stɑːn/, [ˈkwe͜orˠn.stɑːn]

名詞

cweornstān m

1. quernstone, millstone

   Lǣt niman ǣnne grēatne cwurnstān and hǣtan hine and lecgan hine under þone man

   Let one take a great quernstone and heat it and lie it underneath it

   Ðæt him wǣre getiged ān ormǣte cwyrnstān to his swuran, and he swā wurde on dēoppre sǣ besenced

   That to him were tied an immense quernstone on his neck, and so was he sunk in the deep sea

語形変化

派生した語

• Middle English querneston, wherneston
  • English quernstone