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 ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Related terms ==== āþweran (“to churn”) ġeþweran (“to stir or beat together until thick”) þwǣre f (“a tool for beating or stirring”) === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ÞWIREL”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.