þyrill

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse þyrill. === Noun === þyrill m (genitive singular þyrils, nominative plural þyrlar) kingfisher (bird of the family Alcenididae) ==== Declension ==== == Old Norse == === Etymology === Related to þvari (“gimlet, drill”), þvara (“stirring stick”). Stemming from a verb corresponding with Old High German dweran, dueran, thueran, tuiran, Old English þweran (“to twist, stir, twirl”); potentially found in dialectal Swedish tvära, tsvara (“to stir”); ultimately stemming from Proto-Germanic *þweraną (“to stir”). See also Russian творить (tvoritʹ). Cognate to Old High German dwiril, German Quirl, Old English þwirel; also Norwegian Nynorsk tvirla, English twirl, Old High German dweran, German zwirlen, quirlen, Dutch dwarrelen, all from Proto-Germanic *þwirilaz (“stirring-stick, whisk”). === Noun === þyrill ? stirring stick whisk ==== Related terms ==== þvara (“stirring stick”) þvari (“drill, gimlet”) þirill (“milk broom”) ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: þyrill Norwegian Nynorsk: tverel, (dialectal) tvirel, tyrel Old Swedish: þyril Swedish: törel, töril, törill, (dialectal) tyrel, tyril, tyrl, tiril (“churner”) ⇒ Swedish: (dialectal) törnel (cf. "turn"), töle, tyle, tylle, tulle, tygel ⇒ Swedish: (dialectal) törvel, tärvel, tarvel (“staff”) ⇒? Swedish: (dialectal) törva, torva (“hit”)