sned

== English == === Alternative forms === snid, sneed, snade, snedd (Scotland) === Etymology === From Middle English snid (attested only in the sense of saw and slaughter), from Old English snid, snide (“a cut, incision; cutting implement, saw”), from Proto-West Germanic *snidi; merging with Middle English snede (“a morsel, bite; scythe”), from Old English snǣd (“something cut off, morsel, bit; scythe handle”). === Noun === sned (plural sneds) (Scotland) A cut, a cutting; a slash, a slight wound; a lopping or pruning. snathe (scythe part) === Verb === sned (third-person singular simple present sneds, present participle snedding, simple past and past participle snedded) (archaic, Northern England, Scotland, transitive) To lop; lop or chop off. Synonyms: snathe, snead === References === “sned”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === dens, send, Send, ends, ENDS, Neds, neds, Ends, NDEs, SEND == Swedish == === Alternative forms === sne (colloquial) === Etymology === From Old Swedish snedher. Related to snedd (“obliqueness, inclination”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -eː === Adjective === sned (comparative snedare, superlative snedast) at an angle (especially if neither horizontal nor vertical), oblique, askew, crooked (figuratively) skewed (uneven) (colloquial) angry (with), sour; in a very bad mood ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== snedda (“move diagonally”) snedknullad snett (“obliquely, awry”) (adverb) === References === “sned”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) === Anagrams === neds. == Yola == === Etymology === From Middle English snede, from Old English snǣd. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /snɛd/ === Noun === sned The handle of the scythe. ==== Related terms ==== grassnaythe === References === Kathleen A. Browne (1927), “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, in Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)‎[1], volume 17, number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 134