Old English · noun

snecce

Part of speech: noun, feminine
Declension: weak n-stem
IPA: /ˈsnek.ke/
Syllables: ˈsnek · ke (2 syllables)
Modern English: sneck hasp latch clasp

Meaning

clasp, hasp
bolt, latch

Declension

Declension of snecce
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	snecce	sneccan
Accusative	sneccan	sneccan
Genitive	sneccan	sneccena
Dative	sneccan	sneccum

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *snakikā (“vice, clamp”), a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *snakā (“mouth, jaw”), from Proto-Germanic *snakǭ (“snout”), ultimately derived from Proto-Germanic *snak- (“to sniff, root out”). Related to Old Frisian snake (“jaw”).

Descendants

sneck

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