Infinitive
Participles
| Present | snapende; snapynge |
| Past | snaped |
Indicative
Past
| 1st sing. | snaped |
| 3rd sing. | snaped |
Imperative
Etymology
From Old Norse sneypa (“to outrage, dishonor, disgrace”).
Sample Sentences
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Þe snawe snitered ful snart, þat snayped þe wylde. — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, c1400
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Ilke a barne in þe burgh all blaught is hys wedes Als any snappand snaw. (Wars of Alexander, 1500)
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Vte of desert þar he was in, He com to snaip þe king sinn. — Cursor Mundi, 1400
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To Snape: corripere — Catholicon Anglicum, 1483
Cognates
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