v. Obs. [Cf. Icel. snefja to scent out; Norw. snev (also snevl, Icel. snefill) scent, hint, suspicion.] trans. To smell or smell at. Hence Sneving vbl. sb.
c. 1200. Trin. 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.
