hew vs snithe

hew

verb
  • To chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down. 

  • To shape; to form. 

  • To act according to, to conform to; usually construed with to. 

snithe

verb
  • To cut; to make an incision; to cut off; to lance or amputate; to cut up; to cut so as to kill; to slay an animal; to hew; to cut stone; to cut hair; to cut corn; to reap; to mow. 

adj
  • Cold, piercing. 

  • Sharp; cutting. 

How often have the words hew and snithe occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )