Middle English Dictionary Entry
snippand adj.
Entry Info
Forms | snippand adj. |
Etymology | Cp. Scot. dial. snip, sneep bright, dazzling or MScot. snypand, Scot. dial. snippin, MnE dial. sniping biting. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
?Dazzlingly white; ?cold, nipping.
Associated quotations
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)1560 : As blaȝt ere þaire wedis As any snyppand [Dub: snappand] snawe þat in þe snape liȝtis.