snige

Pronunciation: /sniːə/

“snige” is a Danish word. Its 3 meanings in English:

verb

to sneak, slip
to sneak, creep
to do on the sly

Etymology

From Old Norse sníkja, from Proto-Germanic *snīkaną, cognate with Norwegian snike, Swedish snika, English sneak. In Old West Norse, the verb has a weak conjugation, but it is a strong verb in the continental Scandinavian languages and in Old English.

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