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Whirl

2 stages from Old Norse to English.

Today it means to move rapidly in a circular or spinning motion
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Stage 1 of 2
hvirfla
Old Norse · medieval
"to spin rapidly"
to spin, to turn rapidly around a center
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Stage 2 of 2
whirl
English · 1300s
"to move rapidly in a circular motion"
settled as the English word for rapid rotational movement
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