snithe
/snaɪð/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
Etymology
Verb 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”). Noun from Middle English snithe (“cutting, sharp”), from snithen (“to cut”), see above. 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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: snithen, snīþan, *snīþan, *snīþaną, *sneyt-, snithe
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /snaɪð/
- British English: /snaɪð/
Usage
Inflected Forms
snithes (present, singular)
snithing (participle, present)
snithed (past)
snothe (past)
snithed (participle, past)
snothe (participle, past)
snithen (participle, past)
more snithe (comparative)
most snithe (superlative)