Snarr
Old Norse Dictionary - snarr
Meaning of Old Norse word "snarr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word snarr can mean:snarr
- snarr
- snör, snart, adj. [this word with its derivatives is akin to snúa, pret. snöri; Engl. snarl, of cord]:—prop. hard-twisted, of a string; snarr þáttr, hard-spun cord, Stor. (snar-þáttr, Lex. poët.); þráðrinn er snarr: chiefly used,
- snarr
- II. metaph. swift, [A. S. snear]; snarir vindar, the swift winds, Hdl. 41; snör brögð, gallant deeds, Skv. i. 10: used as an epithet to a wrestler, fighter, snar glímu-maðr.
- snarr
- 2. keen; snör augu, keen, flashing eyes, FaS. i. 200; augu snör, Þiðr. 178; snart auga-bragð, FmS. ii. 174: adverbially, smartly, rann hann at sem snarast, Eg. 532; berjask snart ok hraustliga, Ld. 222.
- snarr
- III. temp. soon, Dan. snart; kom aptr snart, FmS. xi. 266: in poët. compds, geð-S., böð-S., fólk-S.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚾᛅᚱᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- Engl.
- English.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- pret.
- preterite.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- n.
- neuter.
- poët.
- poetically.
- temp.
- temporal.
Works & Authors cited:
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Stor.
- Sona-torrek. (A. III.)
- Hdl.
- Hyndlu-ljóð. (A. II.)
- Skv.
- Sigurðar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Þiðr.
- Þiðreks Saga. (G. I.)