nosþyrel

== Old English == === Alternative forms === næsþȳrel === Etymology === From nosu (“nose”) +‎ þȳrel (“hole”). Cognate with Old Frisian nosterle (“nostril”). Compare also Middle Low German noster, nüster (whence German Nüster), which is usually regarded as a different construct, however. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnosˌθyː.rel/ === Noun === nosþȳrel n (nominative plural nosþȳrlu) nostril late 10th century, Ælfric, "Preface to Genesis" Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: nostrille, nostrelleEnglish: nostril Middle English: nosethirl, nosethrille, nosethurl, nosethrul, nosetherel, nosethrel, nosethorl, nosederl, nosetrel, nosestirlEnglish: nosethirl (archaic) === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “nos-þyrel”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.