Snæri
Old Norse Dictionary - snæri
Meaning of Old Norse word "snæri"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word snæri can mean:snæri
- snæri
- i. e. snœri, n.; [snúa; Ulf. snorjo = σαργάνη; O. H. G. snuor; Swed. snöre; Germ. schnure]:—a twisted rope, of hemp, esp. such as is used for fishermen’s lines and the like; hann kom snærinu á akkeris-hringinn, Lv. 99; lögð s. umhverfis, Eg. 340; þeir týndu snærum sínum, their fishing-lines, Gd. 51: the thong of a javelin, Lat. amentum; þeir fengu fingrum í snæri, they fingered their thongs, Am. 42, cp. ‘inserit amento digitos’ of Ovid; grípa í bug snæum, Jd. 26.
- snæri
- COMPDS: snæridörr, snærisspjót.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚾᛅᚱᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- esp.
- especially.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- i. e.
- id est.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Am.
- Atla-mál. (A. II.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Jd.
- Jómsvíkinga-drápa. (A. III.)
- Lv.
- Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)