hvell

Westrobothnian

Etymology

Compare Old Norse hvel n (“wheel”).

Noun

hvell f

whirl, vortex

Compounds

werwill
verhvell
väderhvell

References

Rietz, Johan Ernst, “Hvell”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 270

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