sprækur
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse sprækr (“nimble, lively”) from Proto-Germanic *sprēkijaz (“lively”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)preg- (“to strew, jerk, sprinkle, scatter”). Cognates include English spry, sprey, Norwegian sprek (“lively, healthy”), Swedish dialectal sprygg (“brisk, very active, skittish”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -aiːkʏr
Adjective[edit]
sprækur (comparative sprækari, superlative sprækastur)