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querned

querned is the simple past and past participle of quern.

Meaning of quern

Verb

quern (third-person singular simple present querns, present participle querning, simple past and past participle querned)

  1. (transitive) To grind; to use a quern.
    • He could almost set aside the longing for Eyjan that ever querned within him—almost—in this place so utterly sundered from everything of hers.1979, Poul Anderson, The Merman's Children, published 2011, unnumbered page

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Questions about querned

What is querned the simple past and past participle of?
Querned is the simple past and past participle of quern.

Words near querned in the dictionary

  1. querled
  2. querling
  3. querls
  4. quermassintegrals
  5. quern
  6. querned
  7. querning
  8. querns
  9. quernstone
  10. quernstones
  11. quero

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