different between stathe vs snathe

English

Alternative forms

• staith, staithe
• staith, steyth (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English stathe, from Old English steþ, stæþ (“bank, shore”), from Proto-Germanic *staþ?, *staþaz, *staþw? (“bank, shore”). Cognate with Old Frisian sted (“bank, shore”), Middle High German stat (“bank, shore”) (German Gestade), dialectal Norwegian stad (“riverbank”), Icelandic stöð (“a harbour, roadstead, port, landing”); akin to Old English stede (“place”). More at stead.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?ð

Noun

stathe (plural stathes)

1. (now chiefly dialectal) A landing-place; wharf.

Anagrams

• hatest, thetas

English

Etymology

Compare Icelandic sneiða (“to cut into slices”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?ð

Verb

snathe (third-person singular simple present snathes, present participle snathing, simple past and past participle snathed)

1. (Britain, dialect) To lop; to prune.

Noun

snathe (plural snathes)

1. Alternative form of snath (“shaft of a scythe”)

Anagrams

• Athens, hasten, sneath, thanes