snarr

See also: Snarr

Middle English

Noun

snarr

  1. alternative form of snare

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *snarhaz (“hard-twisted (of a rope); swift, keen”). Compare Old English snear (“quick, nimble”).

Adjective

snarr

  1. (of a rope) hard-twisted (of a rope)
  2. swift, keen

Declension

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Descendants

  • Icelandic: snar
  • Faroese: snarur
  • Norwegian: snar
  • Old Swedish:
  • Old Danish:

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “snarr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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