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Old Norse

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Germanic *hwirbilōną. Equivalent to hvirfill +‎ -la.

Verb

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hvirfla

  1. to whirl, spread
Conjugation
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Descendants
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  • Danish: hvirvle
  • Icelandic: hvirfla
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvervle
  • Norwegian Bokmål: virvle
  • Swedish: virvla

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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hvirfla

  1. inflection of hvirfill:
    1. indefinite accusative plural
    2. indefinite genitive plural

References

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  • hvirfla”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press