Meaning of snekke | Babel Free

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A Viking fighting vessel smaller than a longship

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“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.”

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