Snyðja
Old Norse Dictionary - snyðja
Meaning of Old Norse word "snyðja"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word snyðja can mean:snyðja
- snyðja
- snyð, snuddi, a def. verb; [A. S. snyðjan; Ivar Aasen snydia; Engl. sniff]:—perh. prop. to go sniffing, a metaphor from hounds; hann fór snyðjandi at leita Þórólfs, he went sniffing in search of Th., FS. 50.
- snyðja
- 2. metaph., láta snekkjur snyðja, Edda (Ht.); ek lét (skip) snyðja ór Sogni, FaS. ii. 72 (in a verse); láta sverð snyðja í ben, Ísl. ii. 362 (in a verse); veglig flaust snuddu víða, FmS. x. (in a verse); slög (the shafts) snuddu, vii. (in a verse); cp. snoddu (better svoddu), FS. 66, v. l.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚾᚢᚦᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- def.
- definite.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- perh.
- perhaps.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- S.
- Saga.
- cp.
- compare.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
- Th.
- Theophilus. (F. III.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Ht.
- Hátta-tal. (C. I.)