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 Querelle d’Allemand.Quer’no. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Quern-Biter.
 
The sword of Haco I. of Norway. (See SWORD.)   1
       
“Quern-blter of Hacon the Good,
Wherewith at a stroke he hewed
The millstone through and through
       
Longfellow.
 


 Querelle d’Allemand.Quer’no. 

 
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