equivalent to hweorfan + -el. IPA(key): /ˈxwi͜yr.fel/, [ˈʍi͜yrˠ.vel] <span class="searchmatch">hwierfel</span> m circuit, circumference; perimeter, exterior ring, crown whirl, swirl...
turn, revolve”) + pōl, or possibly an alteration of *hwierfelpōl, from <span class="searchmatch">hwierfel</span> (“whirl, whirlpool, eddy”) + pōl (“pool”). IPA(key): /ˈxwi͜yr.feˌpoːl/...
apparently from Middle English *whirlpole, potentially coalescing Old English <span class="searchmatch">hwierfel</span> (“whirlpool”) and Old English hwierfepōl (“whirlpool”). Equivalent to whirl...