Ge-sníþan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-sníþan

Add: I. to cut into slices, cut up :-- Nim niþeweardne eolenan, gesníþ on hunig, ete swá manige snǽda swá hé mæge, Lch. ii. 358, 20. II. to cut, hew stone :-- Gesniden dolatum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 106, 60: 25, 64. Ðá stánas wǽron emne gesnidene, Past. 253, 14. III. to cut grass or corn (?VII) :-- Héht him ꝥte gesníða gedydon (ꝥ hiǽgesnide, R.) alle ofer groene gers praecepit illis ut accumbere facerent omnes super uiride faenum (is it possible that the translator thought that the order was to cut the grass ?), Mk. L. 6, 39. (O.H.Ger. ge-snídan dolare, putare, concidere.) ge-sniþan,ge-sniðan

Related words: sníþan;