þyrill

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

þyrill

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 þyrill

m., dat. þyrli, [cp. Cumbrian thyrel, a porridge-stick], a whisk with a fringe at the end, with which to whip milk; flauta-þyrill, a stick for whipping milk; hárið er eins og þyrill, hair rough like a þyrill.

2 þyrill

2. the name of a farm and mountain-peak in Icel., from the whirling gusts of wind to which it is liable, Ísl. ii. (Harðar S.)

Runic Inscription

þᚢᚱᛁᛚᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch
chapter.
cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
dat.
dative.
Icel
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.
p.
page.
S.
South, Southern.

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