þwirel
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *þwiril, from Proto-Germanic *þwirilaz, equivalent to þweran (“to stir, twirl”) + -el. Cognate with Old High German thwiril, Old Norse þyrill (“whisk”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
þwirel m
Declension edit
Declension of þwirel (strong a-stem)
Related terms edit
- āþweran (“to churn”)
- ġeþweran (“to stir or beat together until thick”)
- þwǣre f (“a tool for beating or stirring”)
References edit
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ÞWIREL”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.