Þyrill

Meaning of Old Norse word "þyrill"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

Old Norse word þyrill can mean:þyrill

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.

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.)

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚢᚱᛁᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements