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snithing

snithing is the present participle and gerund of snithe.

Meaning of snithe

Verb

snithe (third-person singular simple present snithes, present participle snithing, simple past snithed or snothe, past participle snithed or snothe or snithen)

  1. (Northern England, dialectal, transitive) To cut; to make an incision; to cut off; to lance or amputate; to cut up; to cut so as to kill; to slay an animal; to hew; to cut stone; to cut hair; to cut corn; to reap; to mow.
    • Snithe a piece off with thy knife.

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Questions about snithing

What is snithing the present participle and gerund of?
Snithing is the present participle and gerund of snithe.

Words near snithing in the dictionary

  1. snited
  2. snites
  3. snithe
  4. snithed
  5. snithes
  6. snithing
  7. snithy
  8. sniting
  9. snits
  10. snitter
  11. snittered

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Adapted from Wiktionary: snithing (page history and authors); snithe (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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