"snæcan" meaning in Old English

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Verb

Forms: snǣcan [canonical]
Etymology: Either from Proto-West Germanic *snākijan, from *snākō (“person or thing that crawls, creeps”) + *-jan, or *snaikijan, causative to *snīkan (“to crawl, creep”), whence snīcan. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro||*snākijan}} Proto-West Germanic *snākijan, {{af|gmw-pro|*snākō|*-jan|id2=denominative|nocat=1|t1=person or thing that crawls, creeps}} *snākō (“person or thing that crawls, creeps”) + *-jan Head templates: {{ang-verb|head=*snǣcan}} *snǣcan
  1. to sneak Tags: reconstruction Derived forms (Middle English: *sneaken): sneak [English] Derived forms (Middle English: *sneaken; Scots): sneak, snaik, sneke
    Sense id: en-snæcan-ang-verb-0MrTOxoq Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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