þwirel

Old English

Alternative forms

þwiril

Etymology

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

IPA^(key): /ˈθwi.rel/

Noun

þwirel m

(cooking) a stick for whipping milk, a whisk

Declension

Declension of þwirel (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	þwirel	þwirlas
accusative	þwirel	þwirlas
genitive	þwirles	þwirla
dative	þwirle	þwirlum

Related terms

āþweran (“to churn”)
ġeþweran (“to stir or beat together until thick”)
þwǣre f (“a tool for beating or stirring”)

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ÞWIREL”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.