Middle English Dictionary Entry
snape n.
Entry Info
| Forms | snape n. Also snap. |
| Etymology | Prob. ON: cp. Icel. snap; ?also cp. LOE (12th cent.) snæp (see Ekwall Dict.EPN408 & Smith PNElem.2.132). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Winter pasture; (b) in surnames and place names.
Associated quotations
a
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)1560 : All þe cite in sorte felowis him eftir, Quirris furth all in quite of qualite as aungels..Be ilka barne in þe burgh as blaȝt ere þaire wedis As any snyppand snawe þat in þe snape liȝtis.
b
- (1200-1246) in Ekwall PNLan.124 : Snape.
- (1252) EPNSoc.14 (East Riding Yks.& York)239 : Northsnapp.
- (1270) EPNSoc.5 (North Riding Yks.)229 : Snape.
- (c1280) in Ekwall PNLan.124 : Withinesnape.
- (1301) Sub.R.Yks.in YASRS 21103 : Reginaldo de Snape.
- (1313) EPNSoc.32 (West Riding Yks.)149 : Snape.
- (1332) Sub.R.Lan.in LCRS 31.26 : Adam del Snape.
- (1341) in Ekwall PNLan.124 : Snape.
- (1386) EPNSoc.5 (North Riding Yks.)229 : Snap.
- (1462) EPNSoc.32 (West Riding Yks.)149 : Snapp.