snekke

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Danish snekke, from Old Norse snekkja, probably from Proto-Germanic *snakkǭ, *snakkaz, related to Old English snacc (“swift sailing vessel”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /snɛkə/

Noun

snekke (plural snekkes)

  1. A Viking fighting vessel smaller than a longship
    • 2014, “Vikings in the Gulf: Fact or Fancy?”, in Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies‎[1], volume 44, pages 325-36:
      Snekke […] Small warship for Danish waters ca. 1030.
    • 1866, Charles Kingsley, chapter 6, in Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 125:
      They were excellent, new snekrs, nearly eighty feet long each; with double banks for twelve oars a side in the waist, which was open, save a fighting gangway along the sides; with high poop and forecastle decks; and with one large sail apiece.
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