sned

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English

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Etymology

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From 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

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sned (plural sneds)

  1. (Scotland) A cut, a cutting; a slash, a slight wound; a lopping or pruning.

Verb

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sned (third-person singular simple present sneds, present participle snedding, simple past and past participle snedded)

  1. (UK, dialect, transitive) To lop; lop or chop off.
    Synonyms: snathe, snead

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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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Swedish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish snedher. Related to snedd (obliqueness, inclination).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -eː

Adjective

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sned (comparative snedare, superlative snedast)

  1. 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
  2. (figuratively) skewed (uneven)
    sned resursfördelning
    skewed distribution of resources
  3. (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

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Inflection of sned
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
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Etymology

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From Middle English snede, from Old English snǣd.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sned

  1. The handle of the scythe.

References

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  • 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