snell

Meanings

Adjective

• Quick, smart; sharp, active, brisk or nimble; lively.
• Quick-witted; witty.
• Harsh; severe.

Noun

• A short line of horsehair, gut, monofilament, etc., by which a fishhook or lure is attached to a longer (and usually heavier) line.

Verb

• To tie a hook to the end of a fishing line with a snell knot.

Origin

• From Middle English snell from Old English snel, snell from Proto-West Germanic *snell, from Proto-Germanic *snellaz. Akin to Old Saxon snel, snell, Dutch snel, Old High German snel (whence German schnell, Yiddish שנעל, Italian snello, Old French esnel, isnel, and Occitan isnel, irnel), Old Norse snjallr (whence Danish snild).
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