Snás

Old English Dictionary Entry

Snás

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: snǽs, e; Related words: snǽsan. snas

Definitions

1 snás

f. A spit, skewer:--Snaas veru, Txts. 115, 144. Án snǽs fisca oððe óðra þinga una serta; a number of fish or other things run on to a stick, Wrt. Voc. i. 64, 9. Snásum veribus, ii. 91, 37: feribus, 148, 7. [Icel. sneis; f. a skewer: Dan. snes a score.]

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚾᚪᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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