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Old English · noun

snæd

Normalised snǣd

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong i-stem
IPA
/snæːd/
Syllables
snæːd (1 syllable)
Modern English
morselsneaddefinedlimitssnathscythebit

snæd1 · noun · feminine

Senses

  1. morsel, bit

Declension · strong i-stem

Declension of snæd
SingularPlural
Nominative snǣdsnǣdesnǣda
Accusative snǣdsnǣdesnǣdesnǣda
Genitive snǣdesnǣda
Dative snǣdesnǣdum

snæd2 · noun · masculine

Senses

  1. a piece of land with defined limits

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of snæd
SingularPlural
Nominative snǣdsnǣdas
Accusative snǣdsnǣdas
Genitive snǣdessnǣda
Dative snǣdesnǣdum

snæd3 · noun · masculine

Senses

  1. the handle of scythe

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *snaidi, from Proto-Germanic *snaidiz, a variant of *snaidō (“cut”).

From Proto-West Germanic *snaid (“an area of cut vegetation, boundary, border”), from Proto-West Germanic *snaidijan (“to cut, chop, hew, slice”). Cognate with Middle Low German snêde, sneide (“border, boundary line, forest mark”).

Uncertain. Perhaps from snǣdan (“to cut, slice”).

Descendants

snead, snath

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