Middle English Dictionary Entry
snibben v.
Entry Info
| Forms | snibben v. Also snib(be, snibe, snebbe & (late) snubbe, (16th cent.) snube; p.ppl. snibbed, etc. & snobbed, (error) snbbed. |
| Etymology | ON: cp. OI snubba, ODan. snebbe, Dan. snibbe, Swed. dial. snebba. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To rebuke, reprove; reprove (sb.), rebuke; also, abuse (sb.); censure (sinful behavior); (b) to rebuke (sb.) for (just criticism); ~ of (for), reprove (sb.) for (sinful or improper conduct); (c) to treat (sb.) with disdain.
Associated quotations
a
- a1300(?a1250) Serm.Atte wrastlinge (Trin-C B.1.45)106 : Men of religiun..owin to snibben sinne & vndernime folie.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Mat.18.15 : Ȝif thi brother shal synne in thee, go thou and reproue hym, or snybbe, bitwixe thee and hym aloone.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sq.(Manly-Rickert)F.688 : I haue my sone snybbed [vr. snbbed, snebbed, snobbed] and yit shal For he to vertu listeth nat entende But for to pleye at dees and to despende..is his vsage.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)18228 : Hell..selcut snarpli snibbed him, 'þou prince o tinsel and þou duk O wastful werr, sir belzabuk, [etc.].'
- a1425(?c1384) Wycl.Church (Bod 788)342 : Petre suffride mekeli þat Poul snybbide [vr. snybide] him whanne he erride.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)4533 : Men shulde hym snybbe bittirly, At pryme temps of his foly.
- (1435) Misyn FL (Corp-O 236)56/23-5 : If correc or snyb þe synnar, with so grete scharpnes & ferisnes þai speke þat oft be þer wordes þai ar made wars þen þai ar þat þai snyb.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)461 : Snybbyn, or vndur-takyn: Reprehendo, deprehendo.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)2825 : To þe pore is denyed al grace; He snybbyd is and put to tormentrie.
- a1475(1450) Scrope DSP (Bod 943)32/7 : Whenne a kinge..can not correct ne snybbe his owne seruauntis, how may he redresse his peple and tho that he ferre fro him?
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)290/3 : He..snybbid þis yong man & chastid hym for his truspas.
- c1450 Capgr.St.Kath.(Arun 396)3.261 : Be-cause þat I soo rekles was ful late..Therfore youre grace, wyth pytous voys I pray To punyshe and snebbe, youre-self, as ye lest.
- (c1450) Capgr.St.Aug.(Add 36704)6/26 : The elde moder..was compelled be consciens to compleyne of hir seruauntis on-to hir son, desiryng of him þat he schuld snybbe þe maydenes þat þei schuld not be redy to telle swech tales.
- c1425(a1400) Wycl.Pseudo-F.(Dub 245)297 : Þei shulden blame no men bi enuye or coueytyse, but algatis bi charite..ȝhe to þo persones þat þei snybben.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)33 : Prestis schal be dampnid for wickidnes of þe peple if þei..snyb hem not wanne þei synne.
- 1483 Cath.Angl.(Monson 168)347 : To snubbe.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)2.1 : The profit, snyband thaim that tourmentid crist, sais whi, what encheson, had thai, as wha say, nan.
- c1590(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64(2))58.17 : They sal snube [vr. snyb] thaim that will not be converted.
b
- a1400(c1300) NHom.(1) John Bapt.(Phys-E)p.38 : Sain Ion herde Wit quatkin sin herodes ferd And snibbed him of his sinne.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)28097 : Qua chastid me, me thoght hethyng, And snybbyd þam þair chastyyng.
- a1425(c1300) NHom.(1) Abbess (Cmb Gg.5.31)p.168 : To hyr come sonne our Lady And snybed [vr. snibbed] hyr sonne of hyr foly.
- (1435) Misyn FL (Corp-O 236)95/7 : If any of slyke þingis..wald snyb, to scorne he is laghyd.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)394/31 : Prowde arayment..I luffid passand wele, & when I was snybbed þerfor, yitt I wolde not lefe it.
c
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)28227 : Þe poure men þat me to-soght, I snibed þam als i aght noght.