snithe – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to snithe
Participle: snithed
Gerund: snithing

Cognates

See the 6 cognates of snithe

Indicative

Subjunctive

Conditional

Imperative

you	snithe
we	Let's snithe
you	snithe

Indicative

Conditional

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to perform an incision, as by a knife

cut, incise

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. 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”).
2. Noun from Middle English snithe (“cutting, sharp”), from snithen (“to cut”), see above.
3. 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. See: Proto-Germanic '*snīþaną', Frisian, Saterlandic 'sniede', Dutch 'snijden', Low Saxon 'snieden', German, old spelling 'schneiden', Swedish 'snida', Icelandic 'sníða'.

Verbs referencing "snithe"

German, old spelling schneiden, Luxembourgish schneiden.

Sample Sentences