Sneiða
Old Icelandic Dictionary - sneiðaMeaning 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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