The Old English Preterite Plural Lives!

[Jesse Sheidlower]

> This discussion is the first I've heard of "snook" = "snuck".
> For me it's always been I, you, he/she/it, we, you (pl.), and they "snuck"
> (rhymes with "duck")--except for the rare occassions when I remember
> "sneaked".

OED seems to have examples of _snook_ going back to the early 1960s,
and that's without even checking the electronic databases.

Best,

Jesse Sheidlower
OED