Of-sníðan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - of-sníðan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

of-sníðan
to kill by cutting, to slaughter (an animal) :-- Ðæt lamb ðe se ealda Israhel ofsnáð, Homl. Th. ii. 264, 28 : Gen. 22, 13. Ðá námon hig ån biccen and ofsnidon hit, 37, 31. Swilce se sunu wǽre geoffrod and se ramm ofsniden, Homl. Th. ii. 62, 27. of-sniðan,of-sniþan
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