snjallr
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Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *snellaz.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
snjallr
- well-spoken, eloquent
- Hann var snjalli maðr.
- He was a brilliant man.
- good, excellent
- valiant
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[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