Snæðing

Old Norse Dictionary - snæðing

Meaning of Old Norse word "snæðing"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

snæðing
f. (snæðingr, m., FmS. ix. (v. l.), MS. 4. 24, and so in mod. usage), a meal, the taking a meal; snæðingunni, FmS. ix. 404; sitja í snæðingu, to sit at meals, Korm. 232; S. ok samsæti, SkS. 632; taka snæðing, Sd. 161, FmS. viii. 411; veita e-m snæðing, to give a dinner, vii. 97.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚾᛅᚦᛁᚾᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
mod.
modern.
S.
Saga.
v.
vide.
v. l.
varia lectio.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Korm.
Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)
Sd.
Svarfdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Sks.
Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
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