Definitions
Definitions
1 SNEIS
f. [A. S. snâs = a spit; Ivar Aasen sneis = a twig], a skewer, by which a long sausage is skewered into a coil; Hann spurði hvar Ögmundr sneis væri?—Answer, þat er likara at þú hittir oddinn á hjalta-sneisinni (the hilt-spit, i. e. the sword’s blade) áðr sjá. dagr líðr af, Bs. i. 568; dó Bersi þar, ok fann svá sneis, er hann leitaði um daginn, 569 (a pun, for the man Ogmund was surnamed sneis); ek þóttumk hafa mörbjúga-hlut í hendi, ok var af sneisar-haldit, a sausage from which the ‘spit-hold’ had been torn off, Sturl. ii. 132; fá mér annat vápn sterkara, ok skal mér ekki sneis þessi, this switch! Sd. 118 (but in the interpolated mod. part.)
2 SNEIS
II. in Dan. snees, [A. S. snâs], means twenty, prob. from the use of tallies to score by.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
SNEIS
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "SNEIS" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).