snjall
Icelandic
/stnjatl/
adj
Definitions
- masterly, ingenious, brilliant
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse snjallr (skilful, excellent) inherited from Proto-Germanic *snellaz (active, quick, bold, sudden, swift, brisk).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*snellaz
Gloss
active, quick, bold, sudden, swift, brisk
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Property
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Cognates and derived terms
- snill Norwegian Bokmål
- *snellaz Proto-Germanic
- snäll Swedish
- snill Norwegian Nynorsk
- snel, snell Old English
- snilld Old Norse
- snjallr Old Norse
- snilld Icelandic
- snjallsími Icelandic
- snjallúr Icelandic
- sími Icelandic
- úr Icelandic
- snel Old High German
- *snel Old Dutch
- snjäll Westrobothnian
- *snell Frankish