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

1. (cooking) a stick for whipping milk, a whisk

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	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^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.