From Proto-West Germanic *snaidi, from Proto-Germanic *snaidiz, a variant of *snaidō (“cut”).
snǣd f
Strong i-stem:
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | snǣd | snǣde, snǣda |
accusative | snǣd, snǣde | snǣde, snǣda |
genitive | snǣde | snǣda |
dative | snǣde | snǣdum |
From Proto-West Germanic *snaid (“an area of cut vegetation, boundary, border”), from Proto-West Germanic *snaidijan (“to cut, chop, hew, slice”). Cognate with Middle Low German snêde, sneide (“border, boundary line, forest mark”).
snǣd m
Strong a-stem:
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | snǣd | snǣdas |
accusative | snǣd | snǣdas |
genitive | snǣdes | snǣda |
dative | snǣde | snǣdum |
Uncertain. Perhaps from snǣdan (“to cut, slice”).
snǣd m