Um-sniðning

Old Norse Dictionary - um-sniðning

Meaning of Old Norse word "um-sniðning" in English.

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

um-sniðning
f. circumcision, Stj.: um-sníða, sneið, to circumcise, Hom. (St.)

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

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Hom.
Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
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