hvirfill

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hvirfill.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰvɪrvɪtl/, [ˈkv̥ɪrvɪtɬ]

  Rhymes: -ɪrvɪtl

Noun

hvirfill m (genitive singular hvirfils, nominative plural hvirflar)

1. the crown, the topmost part of the head

   Synonym: kollur

Declension

Declension of hvirfill (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hvirfill	hvirfillinn	hvirflar	hvirflarnir
accusative	hvirfil	hvirfilinn	hvirfla	hvirflana
dative	hvirfli	hvirflinum	hvirflum	hvirflunum
genitive	hvirfils	hvirfilsins	hvirfla	hvirflanna

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwirbilaz. Equivalent to hverfa +‎ -ill.

Noun

hvirfill m (genitive hvirfils, dative hvirfli)

1. circle, ring

   Synonym: hringr

2. crown of the head

Declension

Declension of hvirfill (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hvirfill	hvirfillinn	hvirflar	hvirflarnir
accusative	hvirfil	hvirfilinn	hvirfla	hvirflana
dative	hvirfli	hvirflinum	hvirflum	hvirflunum
genitive	hvirfils	hvirfilsins	hvirfla	hvirflanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: hvirfill
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kvervel
• Swedish: virvel, hvirfvel (pre-1906 spelling)
• Danish: hvirvel
  • Norwegian Bokmål: virvel
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: virvel

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “hvirfill”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive