Sniðils-varp
Old Norse Dictionary - sniðils-varp
Meaning of Old Norse word "sniðils-varp"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- sniðils-varp
- n. a ‘cast of the pruning-knife;’ a person was entitled to land so far outside his fence as he could throw his sniðill, Gþl. 453: sniðill, the name of a sword, Fas. ii.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚾᛁᚦᛁᛚᛋ-ᚢᛅᚱᛒ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)