a. Obs. [a. ON. snarp-r (Norw. snarp).] Sharp, keen.
Snarp should prob. be read in Cursor M., 7753: for the quot. See SNAIP a.
c. 1375. Sc. Leg. Saints, xxxiii. (George), 547. Snarpe [so MS.] swerdis scherand in al syde.
Hence Snarply adv., sharply.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 18228. And selcut snarpli [Gött. MS. snapli, Laud & Trin. MSS. sharply] snibbed him.
