sneypa

t, [the original sense, = castrare, remains in Swed. snöpa; and Scot. snib, cp. Engl. to snip]:—as a law term, to outrage, dishonour; ef maðr sneypir dóttur manns eða konu, N. G. L. i. 232: to disgrace, mjök em ek svívirðr ok sneyptr, MS. 4. 30; svívirðiliga sneypandi (gerund.), Fb. i. 89: in mod. usage to chide (a boy or child), þú mátt ekki sneypa barnid svona: the phrase, ríða sneyptr, to ride in slovenly fashion, i. e. to ride with the horse’s tail hanging loose and untrimmed, instead of being bound up neatly into a knot (gyrðr í tagl).