† snarpadj.
Obsolete.
Sharp, keen. Snarp should probably be read in Cursor Mundi 7753: for the quot. c1480 see snaip adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > shape > sharpness of edge or point > [adjective]
sharpc825
bitel?c1200
keena1225
carving?c1225
fellc1330
trenchantc1330
snarpc1480
cuttinga1533
tart?a1534
undullc1540
steel-sharpa1560
teen1578
unrebated1579
unbated1604
biting1607
eager?1611
unblunted1656
shrewd1878
cutty1903
c1480 (a1400) St. George 547 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 191 Sharpe swerdis scherand in al syde.
Derivatives
ˈsnarply adv. sharply.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [adverb]
strongeOE
hotOE
unsoftOE
snellya1000
stitha1000
stronglyOE
woodlyc1000
hatelyOE
unridelyc1175
wood1297
mainlyc1300
dreec1330
spackly?c1335
brothelyc1340
bremelya1375
fiercelya1375
violentlya1387
throlyc1390
roughlya1400
snarplya1400
unrekenlya1400
dreichlyc1400
ranklyc1400
witherlyc1400
maliciouslya1450
fervently1480
roidlyc1480
thrafully1535
vehement?1541
toughly1589
sickerly1596
vengeously1599
virulently1599
rageously1600
ragefullya1631
churlishly1657
improbously1657
rampantly1698
fierce1771
savagerous1832
fulgurantly1873
franticly1883
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 18228 And selcut snarpli [Gött. snapli, Trin. Cambr. sharply] snibbed him.
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adj.a1400