engill

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse engill.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈeiɲcɪtl/
Rhymes: -eiɲcɪtl

Noun

engill m (genitive singular engils, nominative plural englar)

angel

Declension

declension of engill

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
m-s1	singular		plural
nominative	engill	engillinn	englar	englarnir
accusative	engil	engilinn	engla	englana
dative	engli	englinum	englum	englunum
genitive	engils	engilsins	engla	englanna

Derived terms

engill dauðans

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *angiluz.

Noun

engill m

angel

Descendants

Danish: engel
Faroese: eingil
Icelandic: engill

Norwegian: engel (Bokmål), engel (Nynorsk)
Swedish: ängel

References

engill in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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