Þyrill
Old Norse Dictionary - þyrillMeaning of Old Norse word "þyrill" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
þyrill Old Norse word can mean:
- 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
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- dat.
- dative.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- S.
- Saga.