† sniteln.
Obsolete. rare.
= sniter n. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [noun] > extinguishing light > that which extinguishes (candles or torches)
snitelc1000
candle-quencher1382
sniters1382
sniting tongsa1425
snuffer1465
sniting instrumentc1475
candle-shears1483
sniting iron1483
out-quencher1535
candle-snuffer1552
snufter1558
extinguisher1562
dout1573
douter1622
topper1688
link-extinguisher1859
squencher1871
c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 126 Emunctorium, candelsnytels.
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Num. iv. 9 The candilstike, with hise lanternes, and tongis, and snytels.
c1460 Promptorium Parvulorum (Winch.) Snytele of a candel, munctorium.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
<
n.c1000