snath

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/snæθ/

noun

The shaft of a scythe.

OriginMiddle English snede ← Old English snǣd →
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Meanings

nounsnath (plural snaths)

plural snaths · alternative snythe · alternative snathe · alternative snaith · alternative sneath · alternative sneathe · alternative sned · alternative sneed

  1. The shaft of a scythe.

    It felt natural to him, holding a scythe in his hands and working with it again […] but the blade clashed on the stone of the foundation and threw a spray of white sparks and broke off close so that he was left holding but the snath.

    1997, Charles Frazier, chapter 3, in Cold Mountain, London: Hodder and Stoughton, page 71

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
stale

Origin

  1. Old Englishsnǣd“the shaft or handle of a scythe”
  2. Middle Englishsnede
  3. Englishsnath

From a variant of snead, itself from Middle English snede, from Old English snǣd (“the shaft or handle of a scythe”), akin to Old English snīþan (“to cut”). More at snithe.

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Translations

Bulgarian дръжка
  • дръжка (drăžka)shaft of a scythe
Czech kosiště
  • kosištěshaft of a scythe
Finnish viikatteenvarsi
  • viikatteenvarsishaft of a scythe
French manche de faux
  • manche de fauxshaft of a scythe
German Sensenwurf, Sensenstiel
  • Sensenwurfshaft of a scythe
  • Sensenstielshaft of a scythe
  • Sensenbaumshaft of a scythe
Icelandic orf
  • orfshaft of a scythe
Polish kosisko, stylisko
  • kosiskoshaft of a scythe
  • styliskoshaft of a scythe
Portuguese foice
  • foiceshaft of a scythe
Russian рукоя́тка, черено́к
  • рукоя́тка (rukojátka)shaft of a scythe
  • черено́к (čerenók)shaft of a scythe
  • косови́ще (kosovíšče)shaft of a scythe
Slovak kosisko
  • kosiskoshaft of a scythe
Swedish orv
  • orvshaft of a scythe

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with snath

pathbathmathwrathcathKathlathstrathwathbrathElnathtradcath
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Anagrams

shant
Cite this entry
APA

snath. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snath

MLA

“snath.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snath. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “snath,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snath.

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