- ynni-ligr
- adj. [cp. Dan. yndig; from unna; ‘ynniligr’ and ‘yndiligr’ are not etymologically akin]:—lovely, Th. 10; yndiligt ok ynniligt til at hlýða, Str.; ein prestkona ung ok ynnilig, Bs. i. 321; y. Guðs sonr, sjálfr Kristr, Niðrst. 1; fagrir ok ynniligir, fair and lovely, Stj. 495 (2 Sam. i. 23); elskulegr ok y., 172; heyr þú, enn ynniligsti, 623. 36; Guði ynnilig, acceptable to God, Hom. 17.2. = yndisligr, lovely, of a place, Stj. 31, Al. 155; allskonar ynniligan ávöxt, Barl. 23.
An Icelandic-English dictionary. Richard Cleasby and Gudbrand Vigfusson. 1874.