Snös
Old Norse Dictionary - snös
Meaning of Old Norse word "snös" (or snǫs)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word snös can mean:snös
- snös (snǫs)
- f. [Ivar Aasen snos], a projecting rock; þeir höfðu þar tjald hjá snösinni, Gullþ. 8: freq. in mod. usage, kletta-snös, fram á snösina; berg-snös, Eg., Gullþ., Hom.
- snös (snǫs)
- 2. a pot-hook; gullkaleikr með gyltum snusum (= -snösum), Vm. 52: heill og sæll hór minn eg skal kyssa snös þína ef þú græðir vör mína, Ísl. Þjóðs. ii. 553.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, snös may be more accurately written as snǫs.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚾᚢᛋ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- þ.
- þáttr.
- l.
- line.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Gullþ.
- Gull-Þóris Saga. (D. II.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
- Ísl. Þjóðs.
- Íslenzkar Þjóðsögur.
- Vm.
- Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)