Obs. exc. dial. [Common Teutonic: OE. sníðan, = OFris. snîtha (snida, snia, WFris. snije), MDu. snīden (Du. snijden), OS. snîðan (LG. snīden), OHG. snîdan (MHG. snîden, G. schneiden), ON. sníða (Norw. and Sw. snida), Goth. sneiþan. The mod. dial. use may be from ON.] trans. To cut; † to kill by cutting.

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c. 725.  Corpus Gl. (Hessels), D 342. Dolatum, ʓesniden.

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c. 897.  K. Ælfred, Gregory’s Past. C., 377. ʓif hwelc god læce bið, ðe wel cann wunda sniðan.

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c. 1000.  Ælfric, Hom., II. 40. God … het niman anes ʓeares lamb æt ælcum hiwisce, and sniðan on Easter-tide.

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c. 1200.  Ormin, 1338. Þe preost … toc & snaþ þatt oþerr bucc. Ibid., 14666. Tacc Ysaac þin wennchell, & sniþ itt, alls itt wære an shep.

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1888.  Addy, Sheffield Gloss., 226. Snithe a piece off with thy knife.

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  Snithe, dial. var. SNATH, scythe-pole; obs. f. SNY v. to swarm.

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