Snacc

Old English Dictionary Entry

Snacc

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e; Related words:

Definitions

1 snacc

f. (?) A swift-sailing vessel:--Ðá lét Eádweard cyng scypian xl snacca, Chr. 1052; Erl. 182, 36. Hé fór tó Scotlande mid xii snaccum, 1066; Erl. 201, 8. [(Borrowed from?) Icel. snekkja a swift-sailing vessel, belonging to the kind of 'lang-skip:' Dan. snekke a bark, sailing vessel.] snacc

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚾᚪᚳᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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