[8] sneldingr (m.) ‘wicked one’: A hap. leg., which has the derivational suffix -uðr in B. According to AEW: sneldingr, this heiti is possibly derived from the adj. sneldr ‘wicked, cruel’. Alternatively, it could be related to snáldr m. ‘snout’, attested in Old Norse prose as a term for a snake’s snout (Konraðs saga ch. 9, Cederschiöld 1884, 70); cf. ÍO: sneldingur).