marmstan

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From marma (“marble”) +‎ stān (“stone”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑrmˌstɑːn/, [ˈmɑrˠmˌstɑːn]

Noun

marmstān m

  1. marble
  2. a piece of marble
    • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
      Sēo ċyrċe wæs eahtahyrnede, ān hund fōta and twentiġ fōta hēah; six hund fōta and fēowertig hēo wæs ymbeganges, eal of fidersċītum marmstānum ġeworht.
      The church was eight-sided, one hundred and twenty feet high, six hundred and forty feet in circumference, and wrought entirely from square blocks of marble.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative marmstān marmstānas
accusative marmstān marmstānas
genitive marmstānes marmstāna
dative marmstāne marmstānum
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