Snæðing

Old Norse Dictionary - snæðing

Meaning of Old Norse word "snæðing" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

snæðing: f. (snæðingr, m., FmS. ix. (v. l.), MS. 4. 24, and so in mod. usage), a meal, the taking a meal; snæðingunni, FmS. ix. 404; sitja í snæðingu, to sit at meals, Korm. 232; S. ok samsæti, SkS. 632; taka snæðing, Sd. 161, FmS. viii. 411; veita e-m snæðing, to give a dinner, vii. 97.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚾᛅᚦᛁᚾᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

f.: feminine.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

mod.: modern.

S.: Saga.

v.: vide.

v. l.: varia lectio.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Korm.: Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)

Sd.: Svarfdæla Saga. (D. II.)

Sks.: Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)

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