SNÆRI

i. e. snœri, n.; [snúa; Ulf. snorjo = σαργάνη; O. H. G. snuor; Swed. snöre; Germ. schnure]:—a twisted rope, of hemp, esp. such as is used for fishermen’s lines and the like; hann kom snærinu á akkeris-hringinn, Lv. 99; lögð s. umhverfis, Eg. 340; þeir týndu snærum sínum, their fishing-lines, Gd. 51: the thong of a javelin, Lat. amentum; þeir fengu fingrum í snæri, they fingered their thongs, Am. 42, cp. ‘inserit amento digitos’ of Ovid; grípa í bug snæum, Jd. 26.

COMPDS: snæridörr, snærisspjót.