snekke
/snɛkə/
snekke noun: a Viking fighting vessel smaller than a longship.
Noun
snekke (plural snekkes)
- A Viking fighting vessel smaller than a longship
- Snekke […] Small warship for Danish waters ca. 1030.2014, “Vikings in the Gulf: Fact or Fancy?”, in Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, volume 44, pages 325-36
- They were excellent, new snekrs, nearly eighty feet long each; with double banks for twelve oars a side in the waist, which was open, save a fighting gangway along the sides; with high poop and forecastle decks; and with one large sail apiece.1866, Charles Kingsley, chapter 6, in Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 125
Forms of snekke
| plural | snekkes |
|---|---|
| alternative form | snekr |
| alternative form | snekkja |
Origin of snekke
From Danish snekke, from Old Norse snekkja, probably from Proto-Germanic *snakkǭ, *snakkaz, related to Old English snacc (“swift sailing vessel”).
Questions about snekke
- What does snekke mean?
- Snekke means a Viking fighting vessel smaller than a longship.
- What part of speech is snekke?
- Snekke is a noun.
- How do you pronounce snekke?
- Snekke is pronounced /snɛkə/.
- What is the plural of snekke?
- The plural of snekke is snekkes.
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