Snjallr

Old Norse Dictionary - snjallr

Meaning of Old Norse word "snjallr" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

snjallr Old Norse word can mean:

snjallr: snjöll, snjallt, adj. [A. S. snel = quick; Germ. schnell; Hel. snell = strenuus; Dan. and Norse snild = good]:—prop. swift; this sense, however, has disappeared, and it is used,

snjallr: II. metaph. eloquent, well-spoken; hverr var þessi inn snjalli maðr? Fagrsk. 139 (mál-snjalli, FmS. vi. 415, l. c.); S. at máli, SkS. 72 new Ed., Róm. 312; fá menn til at eiga þing við Knút, þá er snjallir sé ok slægir, FmS. xi. 219; völdusk til þrír hinir snjöllustu menn á þinginu at tala, x. 278; snjallara mál, vii. 158; tala langt eyrendi ok snjallt, Nj. 250, FmS. x. 278: mál-S., q. v.

snjallr: 2. good, excellent; snjallara ráð ok vitrligra, FmS. i. 104; hit bezta ráð ok snjallasta, vi. 417.

snjallr: 3. valiant, doughty; snjallr ok vel hugaðr, Lv. 52; at hug hafa hjörum at bregða eru hildingar hölzti snjallir, Hkv. 1. 22; hví namtú hann sigri þá, ef þér þótti hann S. vera? Em. 6; ef hann er snjallari en geit, Fb. ii. 223; snjallr í sessi, brave when in shelter, LS. 15; vera jamn-S. e-m, one’s equal in courage and valour. Glúm. 335, 336, Valla l. 203; jamn-snjallr sem geit, Bjarn. (in a verse): passim in Lex. poët. as an epithet of kings, even as an epithet of God, and in various poët. compds; ú-snjallr, the unwise, Hm. 15, 47; ú-snjallara (more cowardly) kvað hann mik enn gyltuna, Valla l.

snjallr: III. as pr. names, Snjallr, Landn.; Snjall-steinn, id.: in Dan. local names, Snolde-löv.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚾᛁᛅᛚᛚᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

adj.: adjective.

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

Dan.: Danish.

Germ.: German.

Hel.: Heliand.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

prop.: proper, properly.

S.: Saga.

l. c.: loco citato.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

q. v.: quod vide.

v.: vide.

L.: Linnæus.

poët.: poetically.

id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

pr.: proper, properly.

Works & Authors cited:

Fagrsk.: Fagrskinna. (K. I.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Róm.: Rómverja Saga. (E. II.)

Sks.: Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)

Bjarn.: Bjarnar Saga. (D. II.)

Em.: Eiríks-mál. (A. III.)

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

Glúm.: Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)

Hkv.: Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)

Hm.: Hává-mál. (A. I.)

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

Ls.: Loka-senna. (A. I.)

Lv.: Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)

Valla L.: Valla Ljóts Saga. (D. II.)

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

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