virvel

• hvirvel

From Old Norse hvirfill.

virvel m (definite singular virvelen, indefinite plural virvler, definite plural virvlene)

1. vortex
2. vertebra
3. the point on the head where the hair parts to all different directions

• malstrøm

• virvle

• kvervel (Nynorsk)

• “virvel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “virvel” in The Ordnett Dictionary

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virvel c

1. a vortex, a whirl
2. a swirl (like above, when stationary)
3. a roll (on a drum)

• virvelström
• virvelvind (“whirlwind”)
• trumvirvel (“drum roll”)

• virvel in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• virvel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• virvel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)