† snede Obs.
[OE. snǽd, = ON. sneið, related to OE. sn{iacu}ðan snithe v.]
A small piece, morsel.
c 1000 Saxon Leechd. II. 268 Ᵹenim rædices .iii. snæda. c 1000 ælfric Saints' Lives I. xii. 62 Þa hwile ðe se bisceop mæssode and began to etenne he feoll þa æt ðære forman snæde. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 181 Enes he [Adam] þar-offe bot, and wearð þar mide acheked, and þureh þat one snede wearð al his ofspring acheked. |