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Old English Dictionary Entry

Snacc

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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
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚾᚪᚳᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Icel.
Icelandic

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Chr.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Erl.
Earle, J. (editor)
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