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† sneve, v. Obs.
[Cf. Icel. snefja to scent out; Norw. snev (also snevl, Icel. snefill) scent, hint, suspicion.]
trans. To smell or smell at. Hence ˈsneving vbl. n.
c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 37 Alse swin þe uulieð and wroteð and sneuieð aure fule. Ibid. 183 Hie..binimeð..Eien here sene,..nose here sneuenge, and muð here smel. Ibid. 207 He haueð..mid his eȝen bihelden þat he ne sholden..and alse mid nose sneued. |