cut down vs snithe

cut down

verb
  • To bring down by cutting. 

  • To insult, to belittle. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, down. 

  • To reduce the amount of something. 

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 cut down and snithe occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )