snjallr
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *snellaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsnjɑlːr̩/
Adjective
snjallr
- well-spoken, eloquent
- Hann var snjalli maðr.
- He was a brilliant man.
- good, excellent
- valiant
Derived terms
- ráðsnjallr
Descendants
- Icelandic: snjallur, snjall
- Faroese: snjallur
- Norwegian: snill
- Old Swedish: sniælder, snælder
- Swedish: snäll
- Danish: snild
References
- snjallr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press