snapli
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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