snite
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of snite
First recorded before 1150; Middle English sniten, Old English snyten; akin to Old High German snūzen, Old Norse snȳta “to blow the nose”; perhaps akin to snot ( def. ), snout ( def. )
Example Sentences
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The old masculine i-stems which could not have umlaut in the plural accordingly came to be inflected entirely like the old masculine a-stems, as schrit, step, snit, cut, biȥ, bite, pl. schrite, snite, biȥȥe.
From A Middle High German Primer Third Edition by Wright, Joseph
Candlesticks and snuffers were found in every house; the latter were called by various names, the word snit or snite being the most curious.
From Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Earle, Alice Morse
It is from the old English snyten, to blow, and was originally a verb—to snite the candle, or put it out.
From Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Earle, Alice Morse
O. N. ȳ regularly > ī, written i, y: lythe, tyne, sit, skyrin, snite.
From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by Flom, George Tobias
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