sprækur
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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)