snekke

English

Alternative forms

• snekr
• snekkja

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.

Related terms

• snek, snekker