snath en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /snæθ/
Etymology
From a variant of snead, itself from Middle English snede, from Old English snǣd (“the shaft or handle of a scythe”), akin to Old English snīþan (“to cut”). More at snithe.
Meanings
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The shaft of a scythe.
It felt natural to him, holding a scythe in his hands and working with it again […] but the blade clashed on the stone of the foundation and threw a spray of white sparks and broke off close so that he was left holding but the snath.
1997, Charles Frazier, chapter 3, in Cold Mountain, London: Hodder and Stoughton, page 71:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| snathe | alternative | lexicographic | |
| sned | alternative | lexicographic | |
| sneath | alternative | lexicographic | |
| snaths | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| snythe | alternative | lexicographic | |
| sneed | alternative | lexicographic | |
| sneathe | alternative | lexicographic | |
| snaith | alternative | lexicographic |
Relateds
the handle of any of various tools · helve · haft
Translations (18)
fr manche de faux (shaft of a scythe) · sv orv (shaft of a scythe) · de Sensenwurf (shaft of a scythe) · is orf (shaft of a scythe) · cs kosiště (shaft of a scythe) · sk kosisko (shaft of a scythe) · pl stylisko (shaft of a scythe) · ru косови́ще (shaft of a scythe) · ru рукоя́тка (shaft of a scythe) · ru черено́к (shaft of a scythe) · de Sensenstiel (shaft of a scythe) · fi viikatteenvarsi (shaft of a scythe) · nn orv (shaft of a scythe) · bg дръжка (shaft of a scythe) · pt foice (shaft of a scythe) · de Sensenbaum (shaft of a scythe) · pl kosisko (shaft of a scythe) · izh lysi (shaft of a scythe)