snotor

• snottor, snoter

From Proto-Germanic *snutraz, perhaps from the same Indo-European root as Ancient Greek νόος (nóos, “mind”). Cognate with Old High German snottar, Old Norse snotr, Gothic 𐍃𐌽𐌿𐍄𐍂𐍃 (snutrs).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsno.tor/

snotor (comparative snoterra, superlative snoterost or snoterest)

1. wise, clever, prudent, intelligent, discerning, sagacious
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     Swā cwæð snottor on mōde, · ġesæt him sundor æt rūne.

     So said the wise in mind, sat alone with speech to himself.

• snotorlīċ
• snotorness
• unsnotor

• snytre