Old Polish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *snǫbiti.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /snæ̃bit͡ɕ/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /snæ̃bit͡ɕ/

Verb edit

snębić impf

  1. to marry off (to give away as a husband)
    • 1930 [c. 1455], “Neh”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka)[1], 10, 30:
      Abichom nye dawaly dzewek swich lyvdu zemskemv any gich dzewek snøbycz za nasze sini (ut... filias eorum non acciperemus filiis nostris)
      [Abychom nie dawali dziewek swych ludu ziemskiemu ani jich dziewek snębić za nasze syny (ut... filias eorum non acciperemus filiis nostris)]

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