different between sneed vs snath

English

Verb

sneed

1. simple past tense and past participle of snee

Anagrams

• Denes, Edens, denes, dense, edens, needs, sende

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

sneed

1. singular past indicative of snijden

Anagrams

• Deens, snede

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian *sn?d, from Proto-Germanic *snaid?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sne?t/

Noun

sneed c (plural sneden, diminutive sneedsje)

1. cut
2. slice

Further reading

• “sneed”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

English

Alternative forms

• snythe, snathe, snaith, sneath, sneathe, etc.
• sned, sneed

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /snæ?/
• Rhymes: -æ?

Noun

snath (plural snaths)

1. The shaft of a scythe.

Translations

See also

• haft, the handle of any of various tools
• helve, the handle of any of various tools

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989

Anagrams

• Hants, NHTSA, Thans, ha'nts, hants, hasn't, sha'n't, shan't, shant