Snacan sind langlice, sceanlēase, flǣscetenda āðexan þæs unsderhādes Serpentes þe cann wesan geset gesundrod fram sceanclēasum āðexum þurh heora þearf ēaghringa and ūtweardra ēarena. Gelīce eallum scielledum āðexum sind snacan ūtanhātod, innoþfilmened hrycgdēor geþeaht mid oferlicgendum sciellum. Manig cynn snacena habbaþ hēafodbollan mid manigum mārum bānhlocum þonne āðexan, þe lǣtþ hīe tō swelgenne hȳðdēor swīðe māran þonne heora hēafdas mid swīðe wegendlicum ceafle. Tō lǣtenne heora nearu līc, snacena twinlicu līcdǣl (swelce cropas) standaþ ān ætforan ōðrum on stede ǣlc be ōðrum, and þæt mǣste dǣl snacena habbaþ efne āne wyrcende lungene. Sumu cynn healdaþ nafelbeltbān mid twinnesse unnyttra clāwa on ǣlcre sīde þæs earses.