Snákr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Snákr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 snákr

m. [A. S. snácu, snæce; Engl. snake; Dan. snog], a snake, only in poetry, Merl. 2. 16, 22, 89, Fms. ii. 18 (in a verse); snáka stríð, ‘snake-bale,’ i. e. the winter; snáka jörð, stígr, ‘serpent-path,’ ‘snake-litter,’ i. e. gold; snák-hauðr, snák-rann, id., Lex. Poët.

2 snákr

II. a nickname, Fms. x.

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚾᛅᚴᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.
Dan: Danish.
Dan.: Danish.
Engl: English.
Engl.: English.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
i. e.: id est.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.: Linnæus.
lit: literally.
m.: masculine.
n.: neuter.
S.: South, Southern.

Works & Authors

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Merl.: Merlinus Spa. (A. III.)

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