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Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *snellaz.
Pronunciation
- (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈsnj̃ɑ̃lːr̩/
Adjective
snjallr
- well-spoken, eloquent
- Hann var snjalli maðr.
- He was a brilliant man.
- good, excellent
- valiant
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “snjallr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press