engill

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse engill.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeiɲcɪtl/
• Rhymes: -eiɲcɪtl

Noun

engill m (genitive singular engils, nominative plural englar)

1. angel

Derived terms

• engill dauðans

Old Norse

Etymology

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

engill m

1. angel

Declension

  Declension of engill (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	engill	engillinn	englar	englarnir
accusative	engil	engilinn	engla	englana
dative	engli	englinum	englum	englunum
genitive	engils	engilsins	engla	englanna

Derived terms

• yfirengill (“archangel”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: engill
• Faroese: eingil
• Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: engel
  • Norwegian Bokmål: engel
• Danish: engel
• Old Swedish: ængil, engil
  • Swedish: ängel
  • → Finnish: enkeli
• Gutnish: änggel

References

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