Engill
Old Norse Dictionary - engill
Meaning of Old Norse word "engill"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word engill can mean:engill
- engill
- m. [Gr. αγγελος; Lat. eccl. angelus: hence in the Teut. dialects, Goth. aggilus; A. S. and Germ. engel; Engl. angel]:—an angel, Rb. 78, Nj. 157, 625. 4, n. T., PasS., Vídal., etc.; englar, höfuð-englar, veldis-englar, Hom. 133; engils andlit, 623. 55.
- engill
- COMPDS: englafylki, englalið, englalíf, englamjöl, englasveit, englasýn.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᚾᚴᛁᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- eccl.
- ecclesiastical.
- Engl.
- English.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Goth.
- Gothic.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- S.
- Saga.
- Teut.
- Teutonic.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- N. T.
- New Testament.
- Pass.
- Passiu-Sálmar.
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Vídal.
- Vídalíns-Postilla.