Egill
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse Egill, from Proto-Germanic *Agilaz.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Egill m
- a male given name
Declension edit
declension of Egill
References edit
- ^ Jan De Vries, Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, 2nd rev. edn (Leiden: Brill, 1962), s.v. Egill.
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *Agilaz. Old Norse forms include Old Swedish Æghil and Old Danish Eghil. The Old High German cognates are Agilo, Egilo.[1] Gothic 𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌻- (agil-) may also be cognate.
Proper noun edit
Egill m
- a male given name
Inflection edit
Declension of Egill (strong a-stem, indefinite singular only)
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: Egill
- Faroese: Egil
- Norwegian: Egel, Egil, Eigil
- Old Swedish: Æghil
- Swedish: Egil
- Old Danish: Eghil
- → Sami: Egel
References edit
- ^ Jan De Vries, Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, 2nd rev. edn (Leiden: Brill, 1962), s.v. Egill.