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Meaning of snekke | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
snɛkə

Definitions

A Viking fighting vessel smaller than a longship

Examples

“Snekke […] Small warship for Danish waters ca. 1030.”
“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.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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Snelgrove Snell Snell's law Snellen Snellen chart Snellen test

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