snæri

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Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

snæri n (genitive singular snæris, nominative plural snæri)

  1. rope, cord

Declension

declension of snæri
n-s 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

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