How do you pronounce snath?

The recorded pronunciation is /snæθ/.

Where does snath come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

/snæθ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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"It felt natural to him, holding a scythe in his hands and working with it again […] but the blade clashed on the stone of the foundation and threw a spray of white sparks and broke off close so that he was left holding but the snath."

From a variant of snead, itself from Middle English snede, from Old English snǣd (“the shaft or handle of a scythe”), akin to Old English snīþan (“to cut”). More at snithe.

snaths (plural) snythe (alternative) snathe (alternative) snaith (alternative) sneath (alternative) sneathe (alternative) sned (alternative) sneed (alternative)

the handle of any of various tools

haft the handle of any of various tools helve

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