eldertongue

Old English · verb

snytan

Normalised snȳtan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
Modern English
snetsnite

Meaning

  1. to blow one's nose

    Hwȳ snȳttest þū on þīnes brōðor hemeþe?

    Why did you blow your nose on your brother's shirt?

Conjugation

Conjugation of snytan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular snȳtesnȳtte
2nd singular snȳtestsnȳtstsnȳttest
3rd singular snȳteþsnȳttsnȳtsnȳtte
Plural snȳtaþsnȳtton
Subjunctive
Singular snȳtesnȳtte
Plural snȳtensnȳtten
Non-finite forms of snytan
Form
Infinitive snȳtan
Inflected infinitive snȳtenne
Imperative singular snȳt
Imperative plural snȳtaþ
Present participle snȳtende
Past participle snȳtedġesnȳted

All forms (17)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *snūtijan, from Proto-Germanic *snūtijaną.

Descendants

snet, snite

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