snite
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English snyte, from Old English [Term?].
Noun edit
snite (plural snites)
- (obsolete or Scotland) A snipe.
- 1630, Thomas Randolph, The Muse's Looking-Glass:
- Larks , thrushes , quails , woodcocks , snites , and pheasants,
The best that can be got for love or money
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle English snyten, from Old English snȳtan (“to clear or blow the nose”), from Proto-Germanic *snūtijaną (“to blow the nose”). Cognate with Old Norse snýta (“to blow the nose”), whence Danish snyde and Swedish snyta sig, and with German sich schneuzen. Related to snout and snot.
Alternative forms edit
Verb edit
snite (third-person singular simple present snites, present participle sniting, simple past and past participle snited)
- (obsolete or Scotland, transitive) to blow (one's nose)
- (obsolete or Scotland, transitive) to snuff (a candle)
References edit
- Thomson, J. - Etymons of English words - pg. 199
References edit
- “snite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
snite
- past participle of snigh (“pour (down), flow, course; filter through, percolate; glide, crawl”)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
snite | shnite after an, tsnite |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “snite”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Yola edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English snyten, from Old English snȳtan, from Proto-West Germanic *snūtijaną.
Verb edit
snite
- to clear one's nose
- 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 8, page 86:
- Hi kinket an keilt, ee vewe aam 'twode snite. Zim dellen harnothès w'aar nize ee reed cley;
- They kicked and rolled, the few that
appeared. Some digging earth-nuts with their noses in red clay;
- They kicked and rolled, the few that
References edit
- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 68