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tó-sníðan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
tó-sníðan, p. -snáð, pl. -snidon; pp. -sniden.
Wright's OE grammar
§656;
to cut in two, cut in pieces, cut up
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  • Hé geteáh his seax and genam his sciccels ðe hé him on hæfde, tósnáð ðá hine on twá, and healfne sealed ðæm þearfan . . . Ðá wǽron ðǽr manige men ðe . . . hine bismrodan, ðæt hé his gegyrelan tó-sníðan sceolde,

    • Blickl. Homl. 215, 5-10.
  • Tósnidenre hreáþemúse blód.

    • Lchdm. ii. 236, 17.
  • Uppan ðám sticceon ðe ðǽr tósnidene beóþ

    membra quae sunt caesa.

    • Lev. 1. 8.
to cut away, cut off
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  • Sum mon tó-snáð (amputauit) him ðone seárliprica.

    • Mk. Skt. Rush. 14, 47.
Etymology
[
O. Frs. te-snítha
:
O. H. Ger. za-snídan descindere, dirimere.
]
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