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.)