Punian
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - punian
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- punian
- p. ode To pound, beat, bray :-- Puna pound (the roots), Lchdm. iii. 292, 19. [Cf. Wicklif, Mt. 21, 44 : it shal to gidre poune (conteret) hym. Halliwell gives pun as a West-country word, and quotes Florio : 'to stampe or punne in a morter.']