north. dial. Also 9 snyde. [Related to next.] = SNITHING ppl. a.
1671. Skinner, Etymol. Ling. Angl., A Snithe-wind, vox elegantissima agro Linc. usitatissima. Significat autem Ventum valde Frigidum & Penetrabilem, ut nos dicimus, a Cutting wind. [Hence in Ray.]
1683. Yorkshire Dialogue, 39. It is varra Snithe, And Ise flaid, Wife, it will be Frost Belive.
1828. in north. dial. use (Eng. Dial. Dict.).
1884. G. S. Streatfeild, Linc. & Danes, 265. At the fore-end of the year the winds are often hask and snyde.