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