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þwirel

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
þwirel, es; m.
A stick for whipping milk
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  • Meolc lac, fliéte verberatum, molten lac coagolatum, þwiril verberaturium,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 26-30.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. dwiril
:
M. H. Ger. twirel, twirl
:
Ger. querl, quirl a twirling-stick; querlen to beat up
:
Icel. þyrell a whisk to whip milk; flauta-þyrell a stick for whipping milk; þyrla to whirl; cf. þwara a stick used to stir up a cauldron.
]
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v. þweran.
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