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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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