Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Snyðja

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

2 definitions

1 snyðja

snyð, snuddi, a def. verb; [A. S. snyðjan; Ivar Aasen snydia; Engl. sniff]:—perh. prop. to go sniffing, a metaphor from hounds; hann fór snyðjandi at leita Þórólfs, he went sniffing in search of Th., Fs. 50.

2 snyðja

2. metaph., láta snekkjur snyðja, Edda (Ht.); ek lét (skip) snyðja ór Sogni, Fas. ii. 72 (in a verse); láta sverð snyðja í ben, Ísl. ii. 362 (in a verse); veglig flaust snuddu víða, Fms. x. (in a verse); slög (the shafts) snuddu, vii. (in a verse); cp. snoddu (better svoddu), Fs. 66, v. l.

Similar Words

Runic Inscription

snyðja

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "snyðja" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.
ch: chapter.
cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
def.: definite.
Engl: English.
Engl.: English.
f.: feminine.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
l.: Linnæus.
metaph.: metaphor, metaphorical.
p.: page.
perh.: perhaps.
prop: properly.
prop.: properly.
S.: South, Southern.
v.: vide, verb.
v. l.: varia lectio.

Works & Authors

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)
Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Ht.: Hátta-tal. (C. I.)
Ivar Aasen: Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
Th.: Theophilus. (F. III.)

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