Old English

Alternative forms

• earcnanstan, eorcanstan, eorclanstan

Noun

eorcnanstan ?

1. precious stone, pearl

References

• Peter Kitson, 'Lapidary traditions in Anglo-Saxon England: part I, the background; the Old English Lapidary' in: Anglo-Saxon England, vol. 7, eds. Martin Biddle, Julian Brown, Peter Clemoes, Cambridge University Press, 2007, ISBN 9780521038645, 9-60 (fn. 5 p. 25).