sprækur
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From 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 edit
sprækur (comparative sprækari, superlative sprækastur)