Snerill
Old Norse Dictionary - snerill
Meaning of Old Norse word "snerill"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- snerill
- m. = snarvölr, q. v.; þeir settu í sneril, ok sneru at strenginn, Hkr. iii. 365: in mod. usage the handle outside a door which is turned round to lift a latch.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚾᛁᚱᛁᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- ch.
- chapter.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)