Snilli
Old Norse Dictionary - snilli
Meaning of Old Norse word "snilli"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word snilli can mean:snilli
- snilli
- f. = snilld; mál heitir s., Edda 110.
- snilli
- 2. prowess; spurði, ef hann væri jam-snjallr honum | Glúmr kvaðsk eigi vita um snilli hans, Glúm. 338; eigi ætla ek þik þykkjask jafn-snjallan gyltunni … Ekki jafna ek snilli okkarri gyltu saman, Valla L. 203; snilli-fimr = disertus, Leiðarv. 6; snilli-kenndr, við ærna snilli, Lex. Poët. snilli-bragð, n. an exploit, Flóv. 43.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚾᛁᛚᛚᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Flóv.
- Flóvents Saga. (G. II.)
- Glúm.
- Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Valla L.
- Valla Ljóts Saga. (D. II.)