hvirfla
Old Norse
verb
Definitions
- to whirl, spread
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *hwirbilōną suffix from Old Norse hvirfill.
Origin
Old Norse
hvirfill
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- whirr English
- whirreth English
- whirry English
- werben German
- werf Dutch, Flemish
- hvirvel Norwegian Bokmål
- virvel Norwegian Bokmål
- *hwerbaną Proto-Germanic
- *hwirbilaz Proto-Germanic
- *hwirbilōną Proto-Germanic
- hwearfan Old English
- hweorfan Old English
- whirren Middle English
- hverfa Old Norse
- hvirfill Old Norse
- hvirfilvindr Old Norse
- hvirvel Danish
- hvirfill Icelandic
- 𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌱𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *wervan Old Dutch
- hwervan Old Saxon