dæll

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse dæll, from Proto-Germanic *dēlijaz.

Pronunciation

Adjective

dæll (comparative dælli, superlative dælastur)

  1. friendly
  2. easy
    • Hávamál (English source, Icelandic source)
      Vits er þörf
      þeim er víða ratar.
      Dælt er heima hvað.
      Að augabragði verður
      sá er ekki kann
      og með snotrum situr.
      Wits must he have
      who wanders wide,
      But all is easy at home;
      At the witless man
      the wise shall wink
      When among such men he sits.

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