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nose,’ Du. snot, ‘snot’ (snottolf, ‘snotty nose’), AS. snot (tt), E. snot. Allied to a Teut. root snū̆þ, in MidHG. snudel, snuder, ‘stoppage of the nose,’ MidHG. and OHG. snûden, ‘to snort, snore.’

schniegeln, vb., ‘to trim up, dress smartly,’ ModHG. only, allied to a dial. Schniegel, ‘adornment, finery’; unknown to the older dials. Of obscure origin.

Schnippchen, n., ‘snap’ (of the fingers), ModHG. only, allied to schnippen, MidHG. snipfen, (MidG.) snippen, ‘to snap.’ Akin to schnippeln, ‘to snip, chip,’ formed from LG.; comp. Du. snippelen, ‘to cut in pieces, mutilate,’ E. snip. —

schnippig, adj., ‘snappish,’ ModHG. only, formed from Du. snebbig, ‘flippant,’ which is connected with sneb, ‘beak’; allied also to MidE. snibbin, ‘to blame’?.

Schnitt, m., ‘cut, incision, slice, fashion,’ from MidHG. and OHG. snit, ‘cut, wound, circumcision, harvest’; allied to schneiden. So too Schnitte, f., ‘cut, slice, chop,’ from MidHG. snite, OHG. snita, f., ‘slice of bread, morsel. —

Schnittlauch, m., ‘chive,’ from MidHG. snitilouch, OHG. snitilouh, lit. ‘leek for cutting.’ —

schnitzen, vb., ‘to cut, carve, chip,’ MidHG. snitzen, intensive of schneiden, ‘to cut in pieces, carve.’ —

Schnitzer, m., ‘blunder,’ allied to sich schneiden, ‘to deceive oneself’? or to Schnitzel, ‘trifle’?.

schnoben, vb., ‘to snuff, pant,’ ModHG. only, formed from schnauben; so too schnobern, ‘to sniff.’

schnöde, adj, ‘worthless, base, vile, insolent,’ from MidHG. snœde, adj., ‘contemptible, poor, pitiable, trifling, bad, arrogant, ruthless’; in MidHG. the passive sense preponderates, so too in Luther. From the 17th cent. the modern active signification ‘contemptuous’ appears. OHG. *snôdi is not recorded; comp. Du. snood, ‘base, malicious’; OIc. snauðr, ‘poor, needy,’ sneyða, ‘to rob,’ AS. besnyþian, ‘to rob.’ Akin to OIc. snoðenn, ‘thin-haired’; this meaning also belongs to MidHG. snœde, which is therefore identical in form with MidHG. besnoten, ModHG. (dial.) beschnotten, ‘close, sparing.’ The pre-Teut. root snaut. snū̆t, appearing in these cognates, probably meant orig. ‘needy’; it is scarcely connected perhaps with MidHG. and OHG. snûden (see schneuzen), ‘to mock, scorn.’

Schnörkel, m., ‘spiral, scroll,’ ModHG. only, probably akin to OHG. snarha, snaraha, f., ‘noose’?.

Schnucke, f., ‘sheep with a short tail,’

ModHG. only, formed from the equiv. LG. snucke.

schnüffeln, vb., ‘to sniff, smell,’ ModHG. only, formed from LG. and Du. snuffelen, ‘to smell,’ allied to Du. snuf, ‘scenting’; comp. E. to snuff, sniff, to snivel (also the subst. snivel, AS. snofl); see the following word.

Schnupfen, m., ‘cold (in the head), rheum,’ from the equiv. MidHG. snū̆pfe, m. and f. The Teut. root snū̆pp contained in these words, with which Schnuppe and OIc. snoppa, f., ‘snout,’ are connected, is identical with the Teut. root snuf (snū̆b) in schnauben and schnüffeln. It may be also allied to the Aryan roots snū̆p and snū̆t (in schneuzen).

Schnuppe, f., ‘candle-snuff,’ ModHG. only, formed from LG. snuppe, lit. das Schneuzen, ‘blowing one's nose,’ schneuzen being also used of ‘snuffing a candle’; comp. Du. snuiten, ‘to blow one's nose, snuff a candle,’ E. snuff.

Schnur (1.), f., ‘string, cord, line,’ from MidHG. and OHG. snuor, f., ‘string, bond, rope’; comp. Goth. snôrjô, f., ‘basket, basket-work,’ OIc. snœre, ‘twisted cord,’ Du. snoer, ‘string’; allied to the Aryan root snô, snē̆, ‘to plait’ (comp. nähen), with which AS. snô-d, ‘fillet,’ as well as OIr. snáth, ‘thread,’ is connected.

Schnur (2.), f. (mostly obsolete in the dials. e.g., Swiss and Bav.), ‘daughter-in-law,’ from the equiv. MidHG. snur (snuor), OHG. snura (snora), f.; with this is connected the equiv. derivative MidHG. snürche (OHG. *snurihha). Corresponding to MidLG. snore, AS. snoru, MidE. snore (obsolete in E.), OFris. snore, OIc. snor, snør, ‘daughter-in-law’ (Goth. *snuzô, f., is by chance not recorded). A common Aryan term for ‘daughter-in-law’ (comp. also other terms common to Aryan for degrees of relationship, such as Sohn, Tochter, &c.), in the Aryan form snusã (Sans. snušã, OSlov. snŭcha), and Aryan snusū̆s, in Lat. nurus (for snusus), Gr. νυός (for *σνυσύς). Aryan snusã, wife,’ has been regarded as a derivative of Aryan sū̆nū̆-, ‘son,’ on account of Söhnerin, the Suab. term for Schnur.

schnurren, vb., ‘to hum, whiz, buzz, purr,’ from MidHG. snurren, ‘to rustle, drink (of beasts).’ Allied to ModHG. Schnurre, f., ‘humming-top, farce,’ and the derivative schnurrig, ‘droll’; comp. OHG. snurring, MidHG. snürrinc (also snurrœre),