sniipp
Westrobothnian
Etymology
Compare Gutnish snippä förbäj (“pass by, cross over”), English snap.
Verb
sniipp (preterite snapp or snifft or snippä, supine snóppi or snifft or snippä)
- to snatch
- Mait-krokjen hinnt knaft nedi vöttu-brynä förr’n abbarn snifft’n
- The fish hook had barely touched the water’s edge before the perch snatched it.
- Ji var gåli sljå dill, då dem snifft å mäg käppen
- I was ready to strike, when they snatched my cane.
- Mait-krokjen hinnt knaft nedi vöttu-brynä förr’n abbarn snifft’n
- run briefly on a visit, make a short visit
- Han snippä dill grannars far’n.
- He made a quick visit to the neighbour’s master.
- Du kan fäll snipp in när mäg nagergang, då du fäläs ätt vajom.
- You could come by my place some time, when you are travelling the roads.
- Han snippä dill grannars far’n.
Derived terms
- snaapp
- snapp-händt
- snipp-räis
- snipp-snapp-snorum, häj basalorum