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Cnapatun is probably from A.-S. cncbp, cncepp, a top, cop, and 

 tim^ a house or settlement. 

 A house on an elevated site between Streatlam and Staindrop. 



Snoui. 



Icel. " snoppa^ the snout of cows, horses, &c. ; snds, a project- 

 ing rock, &c." Cleasby. 



Sw. nos^ nose; snut^ snyte, tryne, a pig's snout; nos, snahel, 

 snout ; udde, n'ds, promontory. 



Dan. ncBse, nose ; snude, tryne, snahel; na,s^ forlierg, odde, ness, 

 promontory, point of land. 



Teut. snyte, rostrum, beak, of a ship. 



Grer. nase., nose ; schnauze, snout ; vorgelirge, promontory. 



Dut. neus, nose ; snuit, snout ; voorgeberyfe, promontory. 



A.-S. ^' noes, nasu, nosu, nose;' ncBS, ncesse, a rock, support, 

 headland, ness, cape, promontory; nces-hhod, a ness, descent or 

 cliff, promontory; snytan to sneeze, to blow nose." Bosworth. 



In A.-S. there is no snout. "M. E. snoute, Chaucer." Skeat. 



" Snotvte or hylle, rostrum." Prompt Parv. 



Wei. trivyti, like the Scand. tryne, nose ; dioryr, beak, snout ; 

 trwyn-anifail, animal snout; pentir, penryn^ penarth, promontory. 

 Gael, sion, nose, promontory or peak, supposed to resemble a 

 nose; gnos, snout of a beast; soc, pig's snout. Ir. neas, hill, 

 promontory. Manx strain, nose. Corn, rliyn, nose, snout, point 

 of land. Bret, fri, muzzle ; muzel, pek, douar, promontories. 



Lat. nasus, nose; rostrum, snout; prominentes orcE, promon- 

 tories. 



It. naso, nose ; hecco, beak ; promontorio, cape. Sp. narit, 

 nose; hocico, tromha, snout; promo7itor to, cabo. Port. w«r/2, nose; 

 focinho, nose, also snout of animals ; promontorio, cabo. Fr. ne%, 

 nose ; museau, lee, snout, beak ; promontoire, nez, oap, cape. 



Gr. ptv, pi^, the nose, snout. 



^' Snout, the past participle of the verb to suite. A.-S. snytan, 

 emungere, to wipe ; snot, the matter suited, or wiped away ; 

 ■snout, the part suited or wiped." Home Tooke. 



" iS^^ffl emungere. A. -&. snytan. Belg. snuyten. A.-ngl, snot. 



