Sneiða

Old Norse Dictionary - sneiða

Meaning of Old Norse word "sneiða" in English.

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

sneiða Old Norse word can mean:

sneiða
d, [sníða], to cut into slices, Fas. iii. 24 (in a verse); s. brand, ost: metaph., s. e-m = stinga e-m sneið, sneiða honum fyrir sína elli, Þiðr. 339; slíkt or ílla mælt, at s. honum afgömlum, Nj. 190; ekki vilju vér honum s., Fms. vi. 15; hann sneiddi ræðunni á hendr þeim bræðrum, hinted at them, Hkr. ii. 288; Gregoríus ræddi um fám orðrum, en sneiddi svá til (hinted) sem …, Fms. vii. 258; in Vápn. 5 read svaddi, cp. Fs. 66.
sneiða
2. to walk zig-zag; sá maðr er bratta brekku sneiðir, Bs. i. 750: s. hjá, to pass by; Katla mælti at Þormóðr skyldi þar ekki hjá garði sneiða, Fbr. 37 new Ed.; hann sneiddi hjá þeim, Niðrst. 4; eigi mun ek hjá þeim kosti s., decline it, Fær. 252, Bs. ii. 48.
sneiða
II. part. n. sneitt, sliced, a sheep’s mark, cntting a slice aslant the ear; sneitt framan hægra, sneitt aptan vinstra.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.
compare.
metaph.
metaphorical, metaphorically.
n.
neuter.
part.
participle.

Works & Authors cited:

Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Fs.
Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Hkr.
Heimskringla. (E. I.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Vápn.
Vápnfirðinga Saga. (D. II.)
Þiðr.
Þiðreks Saga. (G. I.)
Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Fbr.
Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
Fær.
Færeyinga Saga. (E. II.)
Niðrst.
Niðrstigningar Saga. (F. III.)
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