snath
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
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.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
snath (plural snaths)
- The shaft of a scythe.
- 1997, Charles Frazier, chapter 3, in Cold Mountain, London: Hodder and Stoughton, page 71:
- 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.
Translations[edit]
shaft of a scythe
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References[edit]
- OED 2nd edition 1989
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