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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