snæri

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈstnaiːrɪ/
Rhymes: -aiːrɪ

Noun edit

snæri n (genitive singular snæris, nominative plural snæri)

rope, cord

Declension edit

declension of snæri

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
n-s	singular		plural
nominative	snæri	snærið	snæri	snærin
accusative	snæri	snærið	snæri	snærin
dative	snæri	snærinu	snærum	snærunum
genitive	snæris	snærisins	snæra	snæranna

References edit

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

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