snell

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /snɛl/ Rhymes: -ɛl === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Middle English snell (“quick, fast”) from Old English snell, snel (“lively, quick”) from Proto-West Germanic *snell, from Proto-Germanic *snellaz (“active, swift, brisk”). Akin to Dutch snel (“fast, quick”), German Low German snell (“quick”), German schnell (“quick, swift”), Yiddish שנעל (shnel, “quick, swift”), Italian snello (“quick, nimble”), Old French esnel, isnel (“snell”), and Occitan isnel, irnel (“snell”)), Old Norse snjallr (“skilful, excellent”) (whence Danish snild (“clever”)). ==== Adjective ==== snell (comparative sneller, superlative snellest) (now chiefly Scotland) Quick, smart; sharp, active, brisk or nimble; lively. Quick-witted; clever. Harsh, severe, or stinging. ==== Adverb ==== snell (comparative more snell, superlative most snell) Alternative form of snelly. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Unknown ==== Noun ==== snell (plural snells) A short line of horsehair, gut, monofilament, etc., by which a fishhook or lure is attached to a longer (and usually heavier) line. ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== snell (third-person singular simple present snells, present participle snelling, simple past and past participle snelled) To tie a hook to the end of a fishing line with a snell knot. == Old English == === Alternative forms === snel === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *snell, from Proto-Germanic *snellaz (“quick, swift”). Cognate with schnell. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /snell/, [sneɫ] Rhymes: -ell === Adjective === snell (comparative snelra) lively, quick, rapid, strong keen, ready ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== snellīċ snelness snelsċipe ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: snell English: snell Scots: snell === References === Bosworth Toller's Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online: snell