sprækur
Icelandic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse sprækr (“nimble, lively”) from Proto-Germanic *sprēkijaz (“lively”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)preg- (“to strew, jerk, sprinkle, scatter”). Cognates include English spry, sprey, Norwegian sprek (“lively, healthy”), Swedish dialectal sprygg (“brisk, very active, skittish”).
Pronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -aiːkʏr
Adjective
editsprækur (comparative sprækari, superlative sprækastur)