Snǽd

Secondo il Dizionario dell'Inglese Antico:

es;

snǽd

m. The handle of a scythe. Under the forms snathe, sneath, snead, sned the word occurs in the glossaries of many dialects, e. g. Wilts, Somerset, Northamptonshire. Jamieson also gives it.

Parole correlate: E. D. S. Pub. Gloss. B. 15, 16, 19, C. 4:--Hwílon befeóll án síðe of ðam snǽde intō ánum deópan seáðe. Benedictus heóld ðone snǽd bufon ðam wætere ðǽr ðæt ísen ásanc, and ðǽrrihte hit becom swymmende tó ðam snǽde, Homl. Th. ii. 162, 10-14. snæd