snekkjan.

/ˈsnɛkja/

Forms: Plural snekkjur, (irregular) snekkar.

Etymology: Icelandic: see snack n.¹

An ancient Icelandic or Scandinavian longship.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > small medieval Scandinavian ship

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1847 N. H. Nicolas Hist. Royal 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.

1889 P. 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.

1911 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 865/1 The famous snekkjur or serpents, said to be represented on the Bayeux tapestry.

1970 Foote & Wilson Viking Achievement vii. 236 The longship was the real warship, with at least twenty benches. One common sort was called snekkja.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	snekkja
释义	snekkjan. /ˈsnɛkja/ Forms: Plural snekkjur, (irregular) snekkar. Etymology: Icelandic: see snack n.¹ An ancient Icelandic or Scandinavian longship. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > small medieval Scandinavian ship snack1052 snekkja1847 snake1864 1847 N. H. Nicolas Hist. Royal 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. 1889 P. 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. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 865/1 The famous snekkjur or serpents, said to be represented on the Bayeux tapestry. 1970 Foote & Wilson Viking Achievement vii. 236 The longship was the real warship, with at least twenty benches. One common sort was called snekkja. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1847
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