snead

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  1. To cut; lop; prune.
  2. A piece; bit; slice.
  3. The handle of a scythe: same as snathe. [Provincial English] This is fixed on a long sneed, or straight handle. Evelyn. Argent, a scythe, the blade in chief, the sneyd (or handle) in bend sinister sable, etc. N. and Q., 7th ser., VI. 14.
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  1. Also sneed, sned, also swathe, snaze; from Middle English *sneden, *snæden (in comp. to-snæden), from Anglo-Saxon snǣdan (= Old High German sneitōn, Middle High German sneiten = Icelandic sneidha), cut, also feed, a secondary form of snǣthan, cut: see snithe. Cf. snead.
  2. from Middle English snade, snode, from Anglo-Saxon snæd (= Icel, sneidh), a piece, bit, slice, from snīthan (preterit snāth), in secondary form snædan, cut: see snead, v.
  3. Also sneed. sned, also sneath, sneathe, snathe, snath; from Middle English *sned, from Anglo-Saxon snǣd, the handle of a scythe, apparently from snīthan (preterit snāth), cut: see snead.
 

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