"snithe" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /snaɪð/ [Received-Pronunciation, US], /snʌɪð/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-snithe.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more snithe [comparative], most snithe [superlative]
enPR: snīdh Rhymes: -aɪð Etymology: From Middle English snithe (“cutting, sharp”), from snithen (“to cut”), see above. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|snithe||cutting, sharp}} Middle English snithe (“cutting, sharp”), {{m|enm|snithen||to cut}} snithen (“to cut”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} snithe (comparative more snithe, superlative most snithe)
  1. Sharp; cutting.
    Sense id: en-snithe-en-adj-BStSuL3x
  2. (of wind or weather) Cold, piercing. Tags: of wind or weather
    Sense id: en-snithe-en-adj-4-FbHxMN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: snithy Related terms: snead, schnitzel, snathe, sneath, snide
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /snaɪð/ [Received-Pronunciation, US], /snʌɪð/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-snithe.wav [Southern-England] Forms: snithes [present, singular, third-person], snithing [participle, present], snithed [past], snothe [past], snithed [participle, past], snithen [participle, past]
enPR: snīdh Rhymes: -aɪð Etymology: From Middle English snithen, from Old English snīþan (“to cut, make an incision, cut off, lance or amputate, cut up or to pieces, cut so as to kill, slay an animal, hew down, cut stone, hew, cut hair, cut corn, reap, mow”), from Proto-West Germanic *snīþan, from Proto-Germanic *snīþaną (“to cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *sneyt- (“to cut”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian sniede (“to cut”), West Frisian snije (“to cut”), Dutch snijden (“to cut, carve, intersect”), Low German snieden (“to cut”), German schneiden (“to cut, trim, slice”), Swedish snida (“to carve, engrave”), Icelandic sníða (“to trim, tailor”). Related to snide. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|snithen}} Middle English snithen, {{inh|en|ang|snīþan||to cut, make an incision, cut off, lance or amputate, cut up or to pieces, cut so as to kill, slay an animal, hew down, cut stone, hew, cut hair, cut corn, reap, mow}} Old English snīþan (“to cut, make an incision, cut off, lance or amputate, cut up or to pieces, cut so as to kill, slay an animal, hew down, cut stone, hew, cut hair, cut corn, reap, mow”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*snīþan}} Proto-West Germanic *snīþan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*snīþaną||to cut}} Proto-Germanic *snīþaną (“to cut”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*sneyt-||to cut}} Proto-Indo-European *sneyt- (“to cut”), {{cog|stq|sniede||to cut}} Saterland Frisian sniede (“to cut”), {{cog|fy|snije||to cut}} West Frisian snije (“to cut”), {{cog|nl|snijden||to cut, carve, intersect}} Dutch snijden (“to cut, carve, intersect”), {{cog|nds|snieden||to cut}} Low German snieden (“to cut”), {{cog|de|schneiden||to cut, trim, slice}} German schneiden (“to cut, trim, slice”), {{cog|sv|snida||to carve, engrave}} Swedish snida (“to carve, engrave”), {{cog|is|sníða||to trim, tailor}} Icelandic sníða (“to trim, tailor”), {{m|en|snide}} snide Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=snothe|past_ptc2=snithen}} snithe (third-person singular simple present snithes, present participle snithing, simple past snithed or snothe, past participle snithed or snithen)
  1. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal, Northern England) To cut; to make an incision; to cut off; to lance or amputate; to cut up; to cut so as to kill; to slay an animal; to hew; to cut stone; to cut hair; to cut corn; to reap; to mow. Tags: Northern-England, dialectal, transitive Categories (topical): Temperature
    Sense id: en-snithe-en-verb-f70NFuM9 Disambiguation of Temperature: 0 14 57 29 Categories (other): Northern England English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 6 62 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: snead
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /snaɪð/ [Received-Pronunciation, US], /snʌɪð/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-snithe.wav [Southern-England] Forms: snithes [present, singular, third-person], snithing [participle, present], snithed [participle, past], snithed [past]
enPR: snīdh Rhymes: -aɪð Etymology: Variation of sny. Etymology templates: {{l|en|sny}} sny Head templates: {{en-verb}} snithe (third-person singular simple present snithes, present participle snithing, simple past and past participle snithed)
  1. Obsolete spelling of sny (abound, swarm, teem, be infested). Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: sny (extra: abound, swarm, teem, be infested)
    Sense id: en-snithe-en-verb-68IrSwGA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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        "3": "",
        "4": "to cut, trim, slice"
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    },
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        "2": "snida",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to carve, engrave"
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "3": "",
        "4": "to trim, tailor"
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        "2": "snide"
      },
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        "singular",
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      "form": "snithed",
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        "past"
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      "word": "snead"
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          "text": "Snithe a piece off with thy knife."
        }
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        "To cut; to make an incision; to cut off; to lance or amputate; to cut up; to cut so as to kill; to slay an animal; to hew; to cut stone; to cut hair; to cut corn; to reap; to mow."
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          "reap",
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        ]
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        "(transitive, now chiefly dialectal, Northern England) To cut; to make an incision; to cut off; to lance or amputate; to cut up; to cut so as to kill; to slay an animal; to hew; to cut stone; to cut hair; to cut corn; to reap; to mow."
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    {
      "ipa": "/snʌɪð/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
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      "rhymes": "-aɪð"
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      ],
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      "enpr": "snīdh"
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      "form": "more snithe",
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      "form": "most snithe",
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      "word": "snathe"
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      "word": "snead"
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      "word": "sneath"
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      "word": "snide"
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
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