Snarp-leikr
Old Norse Dictionary - snarp-leikr
Meaning of Old Norse word "snarp-leikr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- snarp-leikr
- (-leiki), m. roughness; afl trésins ok s. næfra, the roughness of the bark, 677. 14: severity, s. frosts, Mar.; s. hirtingar, H. E. i. 404, Bs. i. 276: a dash, s. í orrostum, Fms. ii. 107.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚾᛅᚱᛒ-ᛚᛁᛁᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- H. E.
- Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
- Mar.
- Maríu Saga. (F. III.)