Be-snǽdan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

be-snǽdan

p. de; pp. ed To cut, lop; amputare :-- Engel hét besnǽdan an angel commanded to cut it, Cd. 200; Th. 248, 16; Dan. 514. Ðæt ðæt treów sceolde, telgum besnǽded, afeallan that the tree, lopped of its branches, should fall, Cd. 202; Th. 250, 34; Dan. 556. be-snædan