sned

The story

1. Old English · inherited fromsnǣd“something cut off, morsel, bit; scythe handle”
2. Middle English · inherited fromsnede“a morsel, bite; scythe”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*snidi
4. Old English · inherited fromsnid
5. Middle English · inherited fromsnid
6. English todaysned

From Middle English snid (attested only in the sense of saw and slaughter), from Old English snid, snide (“a cut, incision; cutting implement, saw”), from Proto-West Germanic *snidi; merging with Middle English snede (“a morsel, bite; scythe”), from Old English snǣd (“something cut off, morsel, bit; scythe handle”).

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