† snode Obs.
Also 4 north. snade.
[app. repr. OE. *snád, unrecorded variant of snǽd snede, related to sn{iacu}ðan snithe v.]
A piece or bit (of bread or other food); a morsel.
| α c 1150 Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 548 Offa, snode. c 1275 Passion our Lord 108 in O.E. Misc., [Judas ate the bread] And þe veond him on bi-com myd þerylke snode. a 1300 E.E. Psalter cxlvii. 17 He sendes als snodes [L. frusta panis, or buccellas] his cristal. 1340 Ayenb. 111 Þe lecherous..þet..uorzuelȝþ þane guode snode wyþ-oute chewynge. Ibid. 218 Hy..eteþ þe blodi snoden. |
| β 13.. Cursor M. 15387 (Gött.), Þe morsel laght iudas, wid þat ilk snade..croupe in him sathanas. 13.. Metr. Hom. (Vernon MS.) in Herrig Archiv LVII. 313 Was neuere Beggere þat þer bade At his hous gete bite or snade. |