sned
English
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editEtymology
editFrom Middle English snid (attested only in the sense of saw and slaughter), from Old English snid, snide (“a cut, incision; cutting implement, saw”), from Proto-West Germanic *snidi; merging with Middle English snede (“a morsel, bite; scythe”), from Old English snǣd (“something cut off, morsel, bit; scythe handle”).
Noun
editsned (plural sneds)
Verb
editsned (third-person singular simple present sneds, present participle snedding, simple past and past participle snedded)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “sned”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
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editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Swedish snedher. Related to snedd (“obliqueness, inclination”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editsned (comparative snedare, superlative snedast)
- at an angle (especially if neither horizontal nor vertical), oblique, askew, crooked
- Tavlan är sned
- The painting is crooked
- Lägga huvudet på sned
- Tilt one's head
- (figuratively) skewed (uneven)
- sned resursfördelning
- skewed distribution of resources
- (colloquial) angry (with), sour; in a very bad mood
- Jag blir sned på honom när han uppför sig så där
- I get angry with him when he behaves like that
- Varför är du sned?
- Why are you angry?
Declension
editInflection of sned | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | sned | snedare | snedast |
Neuter singular | snett | snedare | snedast |
Plural | sneda | snedare | snedast |
Masculine plural3 | snede | snedare | snedast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | snede | snedare | snedaste |
All | sneda | snedare | snedaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Related terms
edit- snedda (“move diagonally”)
- snedknullad
- snett (“obliquely, awry”) (adverb)
References
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editEtymology
editFrom Middle English snede, from Old English snǣd.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsned
- The handle of the scythe.
References
edit- Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 134
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