spindel

spindel

1. Obsolete spelling of spindle.
   1. Certain species of the species of the genus Euonymus, originally used for making the spindles used for spinning wool.
      • 1568, William Turner quoted by Richard Mabey in "Flora Britannica", London, 1996, p244.

        I haue sene this tree oft tymes in England and in moste plentye betwene Ware and Barkwaye, yet for al that I coulde neuer learne an Englishe name for it: the Duche men call it in Netherlande Spilboome that is Spindel tree, because they vse to make Spindels of it in that countrey and me thinke it may be so wel named in English.

   2. (spinning) The rod made from the above used in the spinning of wool and other natural fibres.
      • 1568, William Turner quoted by Richard Mabey in "Flora Britannica", London, 1996, p244.

        I haue sene this tree oft tymes in England and in moste plentye betwene Ware and Barkwaye, yet for al that I coulde neuer learne an Englishe name for it: the Duche men call it in Netherlande Spilboome that is Spindel tree, because they vse to make Spindels of it in that countrey and me thinke it may be so wel named in English.

• spindle, splined

Borrowed from German Spindel. Equivalent to spinnen +‎ -el.

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɪn.dəl/

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• Hyphenation: spin‧del

spindel m (plural spindels, diminutive spindeltje n)

1. a rod used for spinning and winding natural fibres; a spindle
2. a central pillar around which a staircase spirals; a newel
3. an upright bar for holding CDs or DVDs by skewering

• (spinning rod): spinklos, spinrok

• spil, spinnen, spinnewiel, spintol, spindeltrap

spindel

1. alternative form of spyndel

spindel ?

1. alternative form of sprindel

From Old Swedish spinnil, equivalent to spinna (“to spin”) +‎ -el (“agent suffix”). Compare German Spinne, Dutch spin, Danish spindelvæv, Norwegian spindelvev.

Sense 2 is a semantic loan from German Spindel.

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spindel c

2. a spider (arachnid) [since the late 15th century]

   Spindlar har åtta ben.

   Spiders have eight legs.

4. a spindle (the rotating part of a machine) [since 1745]
5. (Internet) a spider (link-following program on the World Wide Web)

• spindel in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• spindel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)