Snaga

Old Norse Dictionary - snaga

Meaning of Old Norse word "snaga" in English.

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

snaga Old Norse word can mean:

snaga
1. u, f. a ‘snag-axe,’ a kind of halbard-like axe, = tapar-öx (?), Edda (Gl.)
snaga
2. u, f., it was a kind of Lochaber-axe, see Scott’s Waverly, ch. 16.

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

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
l.
line.
ch.
chapter.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
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