SNJALLR

Definitioner

1 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,

2 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.

3 SNJALLR

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

4 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.

5 SNJALLR

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

Anvendte forkortelser

Almindelige forkortelser

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.
adj: adjective.
adj.: adjective.
ch: chapter.
Dan: Danish.
Dan.: Danish.
Germ: German.
Germ.: German.
Hel.: Heliand.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.: Linnæus.
l. c.: loco citato.
loc: local, locally.
m.: masculine.
metaph.: metaphor, metaphorical.
n.: neuter.
p.: page.
poët.: poetical, poetically.
pr.: proper.
prop: properly.
prop.: properly.
q. v.: quod vide.
S.: South, Southern.
v.: vide, verb.

Værker & Forfattere

Bjarn.: Bjarnar Saga. (D. II.)
Em.: Eiríks-mál. (A. III.)
Fagrsk.: Fagrskinna. (K. I.)
Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Glúm.: Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
Hkv.: Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
Hm.: Hává-mál. (A. I.)
Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)
Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Ls.: Loka-senna. (A. I.)
Lv.: Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)
Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)
Róm.: Rómverja Saga. (E. II.)
Sks.: Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
Valla L.: Valla Ljóts Saga. (D. II.)

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