tverel
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse þyrill, from Proto-Germanic *þwerilaz. Akin to Swedish törel.
Noun edit
tverel m (definite singular tverelen, indefinite plural tverlar, definite plural tverlane)
- a churn-staff
- Synonyms: kinnekross, kinnestav
References edit
- “tverel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- Ivar Aasen (1850) “Tverel”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog[1] (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000