snarr

See also: Snarr

Middle English

Noun

snarr

1. alternative form of snare

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *snarhaz (“hard-twisted (of a rope); swift, keen”). Compare Old English snear (“quick, nimble”).

Adjective

snarr

1. (of a rope) hard-twisted (of a rope)
2. swift, keen

Declension

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Related terms

• snara

Descendants

• Icelandic: snar
• Faroese: snarur
• Norwegian: snar
• Old Swedish:
  • Swedish: snar
• Old Danish:
  • Danish: snar

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “snarr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive