Snákr

Old Norse Dictionary - snákr

Meaning of Old Norse word "snákr" in English.

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

snákr Old Norse word can mean:

snákr: m. [A. S. snácu, snæce; Engl. snake; Dan. snog], a snake, only in poetry, Merl. 2. 16, 22, 89, FmS. ii. 18 (in a verse); snáka stríð, ‘snake-bale,’ i. e. the winter; snáka jörð, stígr, ‘serpent-path,’ ‘snake-litter,’ i. e. gold; snák-hauðr, snák-rann, id., Lex. Poët.

snákr: II. a nickname, FmS. x.

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

Abbreviations used:

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

Dan.: Danish.

Engl.: English.

gl.: glossary.

id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

i. e.: id est.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

S.: Saga.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

Merl.: Merlinus Spa. (A. III.)

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