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Snithe vs Sithe - What's the difference?

snithe | sithe |

As verbs the difference between snithe and sithe

is that snithe is to cut or snithe can be while sithe is or sithe can be (dialect|dated) to sigh.

As an adjective snithe

is sharp; cutting.

As a noun sithe is

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snithe

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) snithen, from (etyl) . Related to (l).

Verb

  • To cut.
    • Snithe a piece off with thy knife.
    Related terms
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    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) , see above.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Sharp; cutting.
  • (of wind or weather) Cold.
    • Derived terms
    * (l)
    Related terms
    * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)

    Etymology 3

    Variation of (l).

    Verb

    • English obsolete forms

    sithe

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • .
  • * 1669 , , Paradise Lost , Samuel Simmons, Book X:
    • "and, whatever thing the sithe of time mows down, devour unspared" - Paradise Lost, Book X

    Verb

    • Etymology 2

    Corrupt regional pronunciation of sigh.

    Verb

  • (dialect, dated) To sigh.
    • (Webster 1913)