Etymology

tirl

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Today it means: To quiver; to vibrate; to veer about. Full definition →

Old English þweran
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromþweran“to twirl, stir”
  2. English todaytirl

From archaic trill (“spin, twiddle”), probably related to Old English þweran (“to twirl, stir”). Compare twirl, thirl.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishþweran all →

trilltwire

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