snæri

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse snœri, related to Proto-Germanic *nēaną (“to sew”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- (“to spin”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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snæri n (genitive singular snæris, nominative plural snæri)

  1. rope, cord

Declension

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Declension of snæri (neuter)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative snæri snærið snæri snærin
accusative snæri snærið snæri snærin
dative snæri snærinu snærum snærunum
genitive snæris snærisins snæra snæranna

References

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  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Schnur”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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