Sníkja

Old Norwegian Dictionary - sníkja

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "sníkja" in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

sníkja: sníkja, v. (kt) paa en nærgaaende og uan- stændig Maade vise sig begjærlig efternoget, søge at komme i Besiddelse afnoget (til e-s, eptir e-u); engi býðr þarok fram mútur eða gjafir, sem þarverðr gört, er þeir sitja, er til slíkrahluta sníkja Barl. 3233; með 3 háttumverða rangir dómar - elligr til fé-girndar, þar sem maðr sníkir til nökk-urrar mútu Landsl. 4, 17 (636); ei gjörðusvá hinir fyrri konungar, at þeir létimik þurfa at sníkja svá lengi eptirþeirri ölmusu Mag.* 673.

Part of speech: v

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚿᛁᚴᛁᛆ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

v.: Verbum.

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