Noun: cweartern
Gender: n
Nominative
| Singular | cweartern |
| Plural | cweartern |
Genitive
| Singular | cwearternes |
| Plural | cwearterna |
Dative
| Singular | cwearterne |
| Plural | cwearternum |
Accusative
| Singular | cweartern |
| Plural | cweartern |
Sample Sentences
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Sē wer wæs on cwearterne for þīefþe. (The man was in jail for theft.)
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Sē dēma hine dēmde tō tīen dagum on cwearterne. (The judge sentenced him to ten days in prison.)
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late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Clement the Martyr"
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Þā cwelleras þā ġeopenodon þæt cweartern and nānne ne ġemētton. (The executioners then opened the prison and found no one.)
Nouns inflected like cweartern
hildebord,
fierdfæreld,
mearcland,
berland,
furlang,
cynebearn,
sundorriht,
sweostorbearn,
feaxnett,
sandland,
sandcorn,
wuldorwerod,
wyrmcynn,
feldland,
cweartern,
feohland,
landfæsten,
sundcorn,
meterfers,
framfæreld, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From *cweart (“lamentation, groaning”) + ern (“place”).
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