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sníðan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
sníðan, p. snáð, pl. snidon; pp. sniden.
Wright's OE grammar
§126; §225; §239; §476; §491;
to cut, make an incision in anything
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  • Snáð ðæt ís ðara háligra líchoman,

      Shrn. 62, 1.
  • Mec snáð seaxes ecg,

      Exon. Th. 408, 2; Rä. 27, 6.
to cut as a surgeon does, to lance or
to amputate
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  • Mon sníð ða bearneácnan wíf

    secuerunt praegnantes,

      Past. 48, 2; Swt. 367, 14.
  • Gif ðonne ðæt worms up stíhþ tó ðon ðæt ðé þince ðæt hit mon sníþan mǽge and út forlǽtan . . . ðonne hrín ðú him mid ðý snidísene and sníð listum . . . ðonne ðú hit tóstinge oððe sníþe,

      Lchdm. ii. 208, 11-21.
  • Sníð oððe ceorf on ðæt hále and ðæt cwice líc,

      84, 28: 52, 2.
  • Gód lǽce ðe wel cann wunda sníðan,

      Past. 49; Swt. 377, 18.
  • Ic wéne ðæt hé hiene snide sláwlícor, gif hé him ǽr sǽde ðæt hé hiene sníðan wolde . . . se lǽce, ðonne hé cymþ ðone untruman tó sníðanne, 26; Swt. 186, 2-7. II a. metaphorically :-- Ðæt mon mǽge sníþan and bærnan his unþeáwas

    ut culpae morbos supplicio resecarent,

      Bt. 38, 7; Fox 210, 3.
to cut up or to pieces
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  • Ðone ramm ðú sníðst tó sticcon,

      Ex. 29, 17.
  • Hié wǽron snidene mid snide

    secti sunt,

      Past. 30; Swt. 205, 13.
to cut so as to kill,
to slay an animal (v. of-sníðan, sníðung,
)
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  • Ðæra éwena meolc gé brucon and ða ðe fǽtte wǽron gé snidon (

    mactavistis

    ),
      L. Ecg. P. iii. 16; Th. ii. 202, 24.
  • Ða ealdan sacerdas cealf snidon,

      Homl. Th. ii. 210, 19.
  • God hét niman ánes geáres lamb and sníðan on Eástertíde,

      40, 11: 262, 29.
to cut stone,
to hew
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  • Ðæra wyrhtena ðe ðæne stán snidon and fégdon, Anglia xi. 4, 12.
to cut hair
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  • Wið heáfodece, hundes heáfod gebærn tó ahsan and sníð ðæt heáfod; lege on,

      Lchdm. ii. 20, 2.
to cut corn,
to reap
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  • Ða on teárum sáwaþ, hí eft gefeán sníðaþ

    in gaudio metent,

      Ps. Th. 125, 5.
Etymology
[Tacc Ysaac þin wennchell & sniþ itt alls itt wære an shep, Orm. 14666. Goth. sneiþan to reap: 0. Sax. sníðan to cut: O. Frs. snítha: O. H. Ger. snídan secare, resecare, caedere, putare, dolere, attondere: Icel. sníða; p. sneið (but sníddi also occurs) to cut, prune.]
Similar entries
v. á-, be-, ge-, of-, tó-, ymb-sníðan; snǽdan.
Linked entries
v.  a-sníðan.
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