† nyrvylObs.rare—0. [Of Scand. origin, agreeing in sense with Norw.dial.nyrv(e neut., nyrvamasc., and in form with Icel.nyrfill miser: see also nurvil. In mod.dial. represented by nirl.] A dwarfish person. c1440Promp. Parv. 357/1 Nyrvyl, or lytyl manne, pusillus, nanus.