feàrsaid

a spindle, Irish fearrsaid, Middle Irish fersaid, *versatti-, *verttati-, Welsh gwerthyd, Cornish gurthit, Old Breton guirtilon, fusis, Middle Breton guerzit, root vert, turn; Latin vertô, vortex; German werden, to be, English worth, be, Middle High German wirtel, spindle ring. Sanskrit vártate, turn, roll, vartulâ, spindle ball.