Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse engill.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

engill m (genitive singular engils, nominative plural englar)

  1. angel

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Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Saxon engil and/or Old English enġel, from Proto-West Germanic *angil, which is borrowed via Latin angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, messenger).

Noun edit

engill m

  1. angel

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Icelandic: engill
  • Faroese: eingil
  • Norwegian:
  • Danish: engel
  • Old Swedish: ængil, engil
  • Gutnish: änggel

References edit

  • engill”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press