spindel

== English == === Noun === spindel Obsolete spelling of spindle. Certain species of the species of the genus Euonymus, originally used for making the spindles used for spinning wool. 1568, William Turner quoted by Richard Mabey in "Flora Britannica", London, 1996, p244. I haue sene this tree oft tymes in England and in moste plentye betwene Ware and Barkwaye, yet for al that I coulde neuer learne an Englishe name for it: the Duche men call it in Netherlande Spilboome that is Spindel tree, because they vse to make Spindels of it in that countrey and me thinke it may be so wel named in English. (spinning) The rod made from the above used in the spinning of wool and other natural fibres. 1568, William Turner quoted by Richard Mabey in "Flora Britannica", London, 1996, p244. I haue sene this tree oft tymes in England and in moste plentye betwene Ware and Barkwaye, yet for al that I coulde neuer learne an Englishe name for it: the Duche men call it in Netherlande Spilboome that is Spindel tree, because they vse to make Spindels of it in that countrey and me thinke it may be so wel named in English. === Anagrams === spindle, splined == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Spindel. Equivalent to spinnen +‎ -el. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈspɪn.dəl/ Hyphenation: spin‧del === Noun === spindel m (plural spindels, diminutive spindeltje n) a rod used for spinning and winding natural fibres; a spindle a central pillar around which a staircase spirals; a newel an upright bar for holding CDs or DVDs by skewering ==== Synonyms ==== (spinning rod): spinklos, spinrok ==== Related terms ==== spil, spinnen, spinnewiel, spintol, spindeltrap == Middle English == === Noun === spindel alternative form of spyndel == Old English == === Noun === spindel ? alternative form of sprindel == Polish == === Etymology === From Spindel. Compare Silesian szpindla. === Pronunciation === (Masovia): (Łowicz) IPA(key): [ˈspin.dɛl] === Noun === spindel f (Łowicz, Bogoria Dolna, weaving) gear pin (pin that supports the gear wheel on the back beam in a weaving loom) === Further reading === Halina Świderska (1929), “sṕindel”, in Dialekt Księstwa Łowickiego (in Polish), Warsaw, →ISBN, page 134 == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish spinnil, equivalent to spinna (“to spin”) +‎ -el (“agent suffix”). Compare German Spinne, Dutch spin, Danish spindelvæv, Norwegian spindelvev. Sense 2 is a semantic loan from German Spindel. === Pronunciation === === Noun === spindel c a spider (arachnid) [since the late 15th century] a spindle (the rotating part of a machine) [since 1745] (Internet) a spider (link-following program on the World Wide Web) ==== Declension ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “spindel”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) spindel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)