kvísl

From Old Norse kvísl, by dissimilation from Proto-Germanic *twīsilō.

• IPA^(key): /kʰvistl/

  Rhymes: -istl

kvísl f (genitive singular kvíslar, nominative plural kvíslir)

1. fork (in a river, etc.)
2. a forked implement, such as a pitchfork

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)

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• IPA^(key): /ˈkwiːsl̥/

kvísl f

1. (of a tree) branch
2. a fork
3. pedigree of a family

• kynkvísl (“lineage, pedigree”)

• Icelandic: kvísl
• Faroese: kvísl
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kvissel

• kvísl in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.