sneið

See also: sneid

Icelandic

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sneið (i-stem),[1] from Proto-Germanic *snaidiz. Cognate with Old English snǣd (“morsel, bit”) and Old Frisian snēde (“slice”).[2]

Noun

sneið f (genitive singular sneiðar, nominative plural sneiðar)[3]

  1. slice; a piece that has been cut off something
Declension
Declension of sneið (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sneið sneiðin sneiðar sneiðarnar
accusative sneið sneiðina sneiðar sneiðarnar
dative sneið sneiðinni sneiðum sneiðunum
genitive sneiðar sneiðarinnar sneiða sneiðanna
Derived terms
  • sneiða (“to slice”)
  • sneiðugur (“sarcastic”)
  • sneiðyrði n pl (“mockery”)
  • sníða (“to shape with a knife, to cut off”)
  • snið n (“form, cut”)
  • sneis f (“skewer”)
  • snitti n (“bit”)

References

  1. ^ “sneið” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen
  2. ^ Jan de Vries (1977) [1957–1960], “sneið”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary] (in German), 3rd edition, Leiden: E[vert] J[an] Brill, →OCLC, page 523.
  3. ^ Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “sneið”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies

Further reading

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*snaidō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 460
  • Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN, page 913 (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

Etymology 2

Verb

sneið (strong)

  1. first-person singular and third-person singular past indicative of sníða
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