Old English Dictionary Entry

Snoru

Part of speech: e;

Definitions

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1 snoru

f. A daughter-in-law:--Snoro nurus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 3: 83, 83. Snoru, 73, 52: 60, 49: i. 52, 10. Snoru, snora, Ælfc. Gr. 11; Zup. 79, 18. Swegr on hyre snore and snoru on hyre swegere, Lk. Skt. 12, 53. Sca Maria is Godfæder snoru and Godes suna módur and háligra sáuwla sweger, Shrn. 118, 6. Hió genom hiere snore, Alexandres láfe, Ors. 3, 11; Swt. 148, 18. [O. Frs. snore: O. H. Ger. snura: Icel. snor.] snoru

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Runic Inscription

ᛋᚾᚩᚱᚢ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Ger.: German
Icel.: Icelandic
O. H. Ger.: Old High German

Works & Authors

Gr.: Ælfric's Grammar
Lk.: Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)
Ors.: Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
Shrn.: Shrine (collection of OE texts)
Swt.: Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
Voc.: Vocabulary
Wrt.: Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
Ælfc.: Ælfric

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