marmstan

Old English

Alternative forms

• marmanstān, marmorstān

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