Middle English Dictionary Entry
sneat n.
Entry Info
| Forms | sneat n. |
| Etymology | ?OE snǣd cut, slice & ON: cp. OI sneið taunt, slight. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A rebuke.
Associated quotations
- ?c1225 Ancr.(Cleo C.6)66/24 : Þet swich fulðe spit ut in ani ancre earen me schulde dutten his muð, naut mid scharpe sneates [Corp-C: scharpe sneateres; Nero: schearpe wordes; F transl.: asperes paroles; L transl.: acri reprehensione] ach mid harde fustes.