Snyrti-
Old Norse Dictionary - snyrti-
Meaning of Old Norse word "snyrti-"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- snyrti-
- [from snotr, qs. snytri-], neat, elegant: snyrti-liga, adv. neatly, búask s., Str. 81; snyrti-ligr, adj., Konr.: snyrti-maðr, m. a gentleman, Edda (Gl.); snyrti-drengr, -freyja, -gátt, -gerðr, -grund, all poët. epithets of gentlemen and women. Lex. poët.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚾᚢᚱᛏᛁ-
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- adv.
- adverb.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- poët.
- poetically.
- qs.
- quasi.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Konr.
- Konráðs Saga. (G. III.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Str.
- Strengleikar. (G. II.)