Tó-sníðan

Secondo il Dizionario dell'Inglese Antico:

tó-sníðan

p. -snáð, pl. -snidon ; pp. -sniden. I. to cut in two, cut in pieces, cut up :-- Hé geteáh his seax and genam his sciccels ðe hé him on hæfde, tósnáð ðá hine on twá, and healfne sealed ðæm þearfan . . . Ðá wǽron ðǽr manige men ðe . . . hine bismrodan, ðæt hé his gegyrelan tó-sníðan sceolde, Blickl. Homl. 215, 5-10. Tósnidenre hreáþemúse blód. Lchdm. ii. 236, 17. Uppan ðám sticceon ðe ðǽr tósnidene beóþ membra quae sunt caesa. LeII. to cut away, cut off :-- Sum mon tó-snáð (amputauit) him ðone seárliprica. Mk. Skt. Rush. 14, 47. [O. Frs. te-snítha : O. H. Ger. za-snídan descindere, dirimere.] to-sniðan

Parole correlate: 1. 8.