snælda
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u, f. [akin to snjallr], a spindle; suúðr ok snælda, N. G. L. i. 92. snældu-hali, a. m. a ‘spindle-tail,’ Bret. 32.
II. the prop supporting the seat in a boat; sjór upp í miðjar snældur, the boat is full of water up to the middle of the s.