Snauðr
Old Norse Dictionary - snauðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "snauðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- snauðr
- snauð, snautt, adj. [North. E. snod; cp. Germ. schnöde; akin to snoðinn = smooth, of hair; referring to a lost strong verb, meaning to strip]:—stripped, bereft, poor; híbýli snauð ok svívirðilig, MS. 4. 27; konur snauðar, beggar-women, Nj. 142; fáir eru vinir hins snauða, a saying; ungr ok gamall, snauðr ok sæll, El.; þér eruð menn snauðir, FmS. viii. 20; þeir fóru snauðir í land, Valla l. 227; margr sá er áðr var fullsæll gékk snauðr í brott, FmS. viii. 361; S. at fé, penniless Ísl. ii. 124; hinir auðgu hugðusk leysa mundu en hinir snauðu höfðu ekki fé til, Orkn. 20: sá maðr var ávallt síðan S., ok aldri festisk fé við hann, Fms, v. 194; snauðir menn, poor men, Nj. 53, BS. i. 355.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚾᛅᚢᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- cp.
- compare.
- Germ.
- German.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- North. E.
- Northern English.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- El.
- Elis Saga. (G. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Valla L.
- Valla Ljóts Saga. (D. II.)