Snaga
Old Norse Dictionary - snaga
Meaning of Old Norse word "snaga"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word snaga can mean:snaga
- snaga
- 1. u, f. a ‘snag-axe,’ a kind of halbard-like axe, = tapar-öx (?), Edda (Gl.)
- snaga
- 2. u, f., it was a kind of Lochaber-axe, see Scott’s Waverly, ch. 16.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚾᛅᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- ch.
- chapter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)