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‖ snekkja|ˈsnɛkja|
Pl. snekkjur, (erron.) snekkar.
[Icel.: see snack n.1]
An ancient Icelandic or Scandinavian longship.
1847N. H. Nicolas Hist. R. Navy I. i. 10 The Scandinavians are said to have possessed small boats with..twelve seamen, and a longer kind of vessel called ‘snekkar’ or serpents, chiefly used for war, with twenty rowers. 1889P. B. Du Chaillu Viking Age II. ix. 137 The snekkja was a somewhat smaller long-ship, of which frequent mention is made; but sometimes it must have been as large as a dragon-ship. 1911Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 865/1 The famous snekkjur or serpents, said to be represented on the Bayeux tapestry. 1970Foote & Wilson Viking Achievement vii. 236 The longship was the real warship, with at least twenty benches. One common sort was called snekkja. |