Sneis

Old Norse Dictionary - sneis

Meaning of Old Norse word "sneis" in English.

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

sneis Old Norse word can mean:

sneis: f. [A. S. snâs = a spit; Ivar Aasen sneis = a twig], a skewer, by which a long sausage is skewered into a coil; Hann spurði hvar Ögmundr sneis væri?—Answer, þat er likara at þú hittir oddinn á hjalta-sneisinni (the hilt-spit, i. e. the sword’s blade) áðr sjá. dagr líðr af, BS. i. 568; dó Bersi þar, ok fann svá sneis, er hann leitaði um daginn, 569 (a pun, for the man Ogmund was surnamed sneis); ek þóttumk hafa mörbjúga-hlut í hendi, ok var af sneisar-haldit, a sausage from which the ‘spit-hold’ had been torn off, Sturl. ii. 132; fá mér annat vápn sterkara, ok skal mér ekki sneis þessi, this switch! Sd. 118 (but in the interpolated mod. part.)

sneis: II. in Dan. snees, [A. S. snâs], means twenty, prob. from the use of tallies to score by.

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

Abbreviations used:

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

f.: feminine.

i. e.: id est.

l.: line.

mod.: modern.

part.: participle.

S.: Saga.

Dan.: Danish.

n.: neuter.

prob.: probably.

Works & Authors cited:

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Ivar Aasen: Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.

Sd.: Svarfdæla Saga. (D. II.)

Sturl.: Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

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