Sneiða

Old Icelandic Dictionary - sneiða

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "sneiða" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

sneiða Old Icelandic word can mean:

sneiða
(-dda, -ddr), v.
sneiða
1) to cut into slices, = sníða;
sneiða
2) to taunt, make game of, with dat. (slíkt er illa mælt at s. honum afgömlum);
sneiða
3) to walk zigzag (sá maðr, er bratta brekku sneiðir);
sneiða
4) s. hjá e-u, to pass by (Katla mælti, at þormóðr skyldi þar ekki hjá garði s.); eigi man ek hjá þeim kosti s., decline the offer.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚾᛁᛁᚦᛅ

Abbreviations used:

dat.
dative.
e-u
einhverju.

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