# snekke

> English word · Noun · IPA /snɛkə/

## Definitions
1. A Viking fighting vessel smaller than a longship

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/snekke