quern

1. (transitive) To grind; to use a quern.Examples: "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."; "For women he thought these should include combing, spinning, querning, leather and fur-working and be associated with finds of beads, bracelets and perforated teeth."; "Beyond this now lay only chaos and a querning sea. Time's millstones, grinding bones for bread."transitive