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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1603
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(Snip,) Snyp, v.2 [Shetland dial. snepp to tie, snepp(i, snippek, etc. a tether, Norw. kneppe a snout-ring, ON kneppa, keppa to pinch, squeeze (Jakobsen).] To tether. —1603 Shetland Sheriff Ct. (ed.) 78.
The foldis dume … annent the swyne of Papa that thai salbe snypit and ringit in tyme of summer … that the haill nychbouris in thair … cornis may be frie of thair skayth
