snithe

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UK, US/snaɪð/UK/snʌɪð/

verb

To cut; to make an incision; to cut off; to lance or amputate; to cut up; to cut so as to kill; to slay an animal; to hew; to cut stone; to cut hair; to cut corn; to reap; to mow.

“Snithe a piece off with thy knife.”

OriginMiddle English snithen ← Old English snīþan ← Proto-West Germanic *snīþan →
First used 17th centuryScrabble 9
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Meanings

snithe1

verbsnithe (third-person singular simple present snithes, present participle snithing, simple past snithed or snothe, past participle snithed or snothe or snithen)

present singular third person snithes · participle present snithing · past snithed · past snothe · participle past snithed · participle past snothe · participle past snithen

  1. Northern EnglanddialectaltransitiveTo cut; to make an incision; to cut off; to lance or amputate; to cut up; to cut so as to kill; to slay an animal; to hew; to cut stone; to cut hair; to cut corn; to reap; to mow.

    Snithe a piece off with thy knife.

adjectivesnithe (comparative more snithe, superlative most snithe)

comparative more snithe · superlative most snithe

  1. Sharp; cutting.
  2. Cold, piercing.

snithe2

verbsnithe (third-person singular simple present snithes, present participle snithing, simple past and past participle snithed)

present singular third person snithes · participle present snithing · participle past snithed · past snithed

  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of sny (“abound, swarm, teem, be infested”).First known use 17th century

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

snithe · verb, adjective

  1. Middle Englishsnithe“cutting, sharp”
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sneyt-“to cut”
  3. Proto-Germanic*snīþaną“to cut”
  4. Proto-West Germanic*snīþan
  5. Old Englishsnīþan“to cut, make an incision, cut off, lance or amputate, cut up or to pieces, cut so as to kill, slay an animal, hew down, cut stone, hew, cut hair, cut corn, reap, mow”
  6. Middle Englishsnithen
  7. Englishsnithe

Verb from Middle English snithen, from Old English snīþan (“to cut, make an incision, cut off, lance or amputate, cut up or to pieces, cut so as to kill, slay an animal, hew down, cut stone, hew, cut hair, cut corn, reap, mow”), from Proto-West Germanic *snīþan, from Proto-Germanic *snīþaną (“to cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *sneyt- (“to cut”). Noun from Middle English snithe (“cutting, sharp”), from snithen (“to cut”), see above. Cognate with Saterland Frisian sniede (“to cut”), West Frisian snije (“to cut”), Dutch snijden (“to cut, carve, intersect”), Low German snieden (“to cut”), German schneiden (“to cut, trim, slice”), Swedish snida (“to carve, engrave”), Icelandic sníða (“to trim, tailor”). Related to snide.

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snithe · verb

Variation of sny.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with snithe

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Anagrams

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