Obs. rare. In 5 snypp-, 6 snypand. [Of doubtful origin; the verb snip is not recorded till much later.] Nipping, biting with cold.
a. 1400–50. Alexander, 1560. As blaȝt … As any snyppand [v.r. snappand] snawe þat in þe snape liȝtis.
1513. Douglas, Æneid, VII. Prol. 50. Scharp soppis of sleit, and of the snypand snawe.
