Snyðja

Old Norse Dictionary - snyðja

Meaning of Old Norse word "snyðja" in English.

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

snyðja Old Norse word can mean:

snyðja: snyð, snuddi, a def. verb; [A. S. snyðjan; Ivar Aasen snydia; Engl. sniff]:—perh. prop. to go sniffing, a metaphor from hounds; hann fór snyðjandi at leita Þórólfs, he went sniffing in search of Th., FS. 50.

snyðja: 2. metaph., láta snekkjur snyðja, Edda (Ht.); ek lét (skip) snyðja ór Sogni, FaS. ii. 72 (in a verse); láta sverð snyðja í ben, Ísl. ii. 362 (in a verse); veglig flaust snuddu víða, FmS. x. (in a verse); slög (the shafts) snuddu, vii. (in a verse); cp. snoddu (better svoddu), FS. 66, v. l.

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

Abbreviations used:

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

def.: definite.

Engl.: English.

f.: feminine.

gl.: glossary.

l.: line.

perh.: perhaps.

prop.: proper, properly.

S.: Saga.

cp.: compare.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

v.: vide.

v. l.: varia lectio.

Works & Authors cited:

Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)

Ivar Aasen: Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.

Th.: Theophilus. (F. III.)

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Ht.: Hátta-tal. (C. I.)

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