sneap

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1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*snūpaną
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*snaupijaną
3. Old Norse · derived fromsneypa“to disgrace, dishonour; to outrage”
4. Middle English · inherited fromsnaipen“to injure; of sleet or snow: to nip; to criticize, rebuke, revile”
5. English todaysneap

The verb is a variant of snape, from Middle English snaipen (“to injure; of sleet or snow: to nip; to criticize, rebuke, revile”) [and other forms], from Old Norse sneypa (“to disgrace, dishonour; to outrage”), from Proto-Germanic *snaupijaną, from Proto-Germanic *snūpaną, *snūbaną (“to cut, snap”); further origin unknown. The noun is derived from the verb.

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