Snǽsan
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - snǽsan
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- snǽsan
- p. de To spit, run through with a pointed implement or weapon:--Gif mon hafaþ spere ofer eaxle and hine mon on ásnáseþ (ásnǽseþ, MS. H., snǽseþ, MS. B.), gielde ðone wer bútan wíte; gif beforan eágum ásnáse (ásnǽse, MS. H.) gielde ðone wer, L. Alf. pol. 36; Th. i. 84, 13. [Þe deoflen schulen mid helle sweordes al snesien (snesen, MS. C.: sneasin, MS. T.) ham þuruhut, A. R. 212, 22, Icel. sneisa to spit.]