snapli
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse sneypiliga.
Adverb edit
snapli
- sharply, bitingly; reproachfully
- Hell hint þan þat gerard grim And selcuth snapli snybbid him, "þu prince of tinsel and þu duke Of wastful werk ..." — Cursor Mundi, 1400
Related terms edit
- snape (“rebuke; revile, criticize”)
References edit
Middle English Dictionary, snaipeli, snapli