Þwirel

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - þwirel

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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þwirel
m. A stick for whipping milk :-- Meolc lac, fliéte verberatum, molten lac coagolatum, þwiril verberaturium, Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 26-30. [O. H. Ger. dwiril: M. H. Ger. twirel, twirl: Ger. querl, quirl a twirling-stick; querlen to beat up: Icel. þyrell a whisk to whip milk; flauta-þyrell a stick for whipping milk; þyrla to whirl; cf. þwara a stick used to stir up a cauldron.]

Related words: þweran. þwirel

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