Snákr
Old Norse Dictionary - snákr
Meaning of Old Norse word "snákr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word snákr can mean:snákr
- snákr
- m. [A. S. snácu, snæce; Engl. snake; Dan. snog], a snake, only in poetry, Merl. 2. 16, 22, 89, FmS. ii. 18 (in a verse); snáka stríð, ‘snake-bale,’ i. e. the winter; snáka jörð, stígr, ‘serpent-path,’ ‘snake-litter,’ i. e. gold; snák-hauðr, snák-rann, id., Lex. Poët.
- snákr
- II. a nickname, FmS. x.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚾᛅᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- gl.
- glossary.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Merl.
- Merlinus Spa. (A. III.)