Obs. [OE. snǽd, = ON. sneið, related to OE. sníðan SNITHE v.] A small piece, morsel.
c. 1000. Saxon Lecchd., II. 268. ʓenim rædices .iii. snæda.
c. 1000. Ælfric, Saints’ Lives, I. xii. 62. Þa hwile ðe se bisceop mæssode and began to etenne he feoll þa æt ðære forman snæde.
c. 1200. Trin. Coll. Hom., 181. Enes he [Adam] þar-offe bot, and wearð þar mide acheked, and þureh þat one snede wearð al his ofspring acheked.
