snjallr
Old Norse
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *snellaz.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editsnjallr
- well-spoken, eloquent
- Hann var snjalli maðr.
- He was a brilliant man.
- good, excellent
- valiant
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Icelandic: snjallur, snjall
- Faroese: snjallur
- Norwegian: snill
- Old Swedish: sniælder, snælder
- Swedish: snäll
- Danish: snild
References
edit- “snjallr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press