engill

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse engill.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈeiɲcɪtl̥]
• Rhymes: -eiɲcɪtl

Noun

engill m (genitive singular engils, nominative plural englar)

1. angel

Declension

Declension of engill (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
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

Borrowed from Old Saxon engil and/or Old English enġel, from Proto-West Germanic *angil, which is borrowed via Latin angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”).

Noun

engill m

1. angel

Declension

Declension of engill (strong a-stem)

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

Derived terms

• yfirengill (“archangel”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: engill
• Faroese: eingil
• Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: engel
  • Norwegian Bokmål: engel
• Elfdalian: aindjel
• Danish: engel
• Old Swedish: ængil, engil
  • Swedish: ängel
  • → Finnish: enkeli
• Gutnish: änggel

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “engill”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive