quernstonen.

Brit.

/ˈkwəːnstəʊn/, U.S.

/ˈkwərnˌstoʊn/

Forms: see quern n.¹ and stone n.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Old Saxon quirnstēn (Middle Low German quernestēn , quernestein ), Old High German quirnstein , kurnstein (Middle High German kurnestein ), Old Icelandic kvernsteinn , Old Swedish qvärnasten (Swedish kvarnsten ) < the Germanic base of quern n.¹ + the Germanic base of stone n.

One of the two stones forming a quern (quern n.¹); a millstone.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > milling or grinding > [noun] > corn-mill > millstone

millstoneeOE

quernstoneOE

grindle stone?c1225

grindstonea1250

dog stonea1399

grinding-stonec1440

runner1533

sheeling-stone1563

metate1625

burr millstone1771

mealing stone1866

OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: Matt. xviii. 6 Expedit ei ut suspendatur mola asinaria in collo eius et demergatur in profundum maris : behofas uel behoflic him þæt he gehongiga coernstan asalda uel asales byrðenstan in suire his & ofgedrenced sie in grund sæes [OE West Saxon Gospels: Corpus Cambr. cwyrnstan, c1200 Hatton cweornstan].

c1225 ( Ælfric Gloss. (Worcester) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 548 Mola, cweornstan [OE St. John's Oxf. cwyrnstan].

1303 in N. S. B. Gras Early Eng. Customs Syst. (1918) 296 Pro acero stithies, quernestones, et lapidibus molaribus val. £ cccc ix, cii s. iii d.

1387–8 in J. C. Tingey Rec. City of Norwich (1910) II. 50 (MED) [2 pairs of] whernstones.

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Deut. xxiv. 6 Thou schalt not take in the stide of wed the lowere and the hiȝere queerne stoon [a1425 E.V. grynstoon; L. molam] of thi brothir.

a1500 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 725/24 Hec mola, a qwernston.

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 6 Theyre corne in quernstoans thye doe grind.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 760 Round stones as much as milstones or quernstones.

1662 Ireland, Stat. at Large (1765) II. 416 Quern-stones, large, the last, £13. 10s.

1718 W. Edgar New Bk. Rates 178 Quern Stones large, the Last..4 l 10 s.

1736 S.-Carolina Gaz. 11 Sept. 3/1 This Day imported in the King George Capt. Ayres from London, and to be sold very reasonable by Peter Horry, viz. double & single refin'd sugar..quern stones, bohea tea [etc.].

1812 J. Smyth Pract. of Customs ii. 203 Quern Stones—is a name given, by some traders, to grind-stones, and the stones of handmills in general.

1875 W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire 43 Opposite the east gable of the Church a quern-stone..has been stuck up.

1930 N. Shepherd Weatherhouse Prol. i. 10 She came back possessed of three or four quern stones, a cruisie lamp and a tirl-the-pin.

1971 G. M. Brown Fishermen with Ploughs 26 She turned quernstones, circle on circle.

2003 Oxoniensia 67 250 The Saxon deposits in the new wine cellar yielded six fragments of lava quernstone.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	quernstone
释义	quernstonen. Brit. /ˈkwəːnstəʊn/, U.S. /ˈkwərnˌstoʊn/ Forms: see quern n.¹ and stone n. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Old Saxon quirnstēn (Middle Low German quernestēn , quernestein ), Old High German quirnstein , kurnstein (Middle High German kurnestein ), Old Icelandic kvernsteinn , Old Swedish qvärnasten (Swedish kvarnsten ) < the Germanic base of quern n.¹ + the Germanic base of stone n. One of the two stones forming a quern (quern n.¹); a millstone. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > milling or grinding > [noun] > corn-mill > millstone millstoneeOE quernstoneOE grindle stone?c1225 grindstonea1250 dog stonea1399 grinding-stonec1440 runner1533 sheeling-stone1563 metate1625 burr millstone1771 mealing stone1866 OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: Matt. xviii. 6 Expedit ei ut suspendatur mola asinaria in collo eius et demergatur in profundum maris : behofas uel behoflic him þæt he gehongiga coernstan asalda uel asales byrðenstan in suire his & ofgedrenced sie in grund sæes [OE West Saxon Gospels: Corpus Cambr. cwyrnstan, c1200 Hatton cweornstan]. c1225 ( Ælfric Gloss. (Worcester) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 548 Mola, cweornstan [OE St. John's Oxf. cwyrnstan]. 1303 in N. S. B. Gras Early Eng. Customs Syst. (1918) 296 Pro acero stithies, quernestones, et lapidibus molaribus val. £ cccc ix, cii s. iii d. 1387–8 in J. C. Tingey Rec. City of Norwich (1910) II. 50 (MED) [2 pairs of] whernstones. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Deut. xxiv. 6 Thou schalt not take in the stide of wed the lowere and the hiȝere queerne stoon [a1425 E.V. grynstoon; L. molam] of thi brothir. a1500 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 725/24 Hec mola, a qwernston. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 6 Theyre corne in quernstoans thye doe grind. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 760 Round stones as much as milstones or quernstones. 1662 Ireland, Stat. at Large (1765) II. 416 Quern-stones, large, the last, £13. 10s. 1718 W. Edgar New Bk. Rates 178 Quern Stones large, the Last..4 l 10 s. 1736 S.-Carolina Gaz. 11 Sept. 3/1 This Day imported in the King George Capt. Ayres from London, and to be sold very reasonable by Peter Horry, viz. double & single refin'd sugar..quern stones, bohea tea [etc.]. 1812 J. Smyth Pract. of Customs ii. 203 Quern Stones—is a name given, by some traders, to grind-stones, and the stones of handmills in general. 1875 W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire 43 Opposite the east gable of the Church a quern-stone..has been stuck up. 1930 N. Shepherd Weatherhouse Prol. i. 10 She came back possessed of three or four quern stones, a cruisie lamp and a tirl-the-pin. 1971 G. M. Brown Fishermen with Ploughs 26 She turned quernstones, circle on circle. 2003 Oxoniensia 67 250 The Saxon deposits in the new wine cellar yielded six fragments of lava quernstone. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE
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