Old English · noun

snaw

Normalised snāw

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /snɑːw/
Syllables: snɑːw (1 syllable)
Modern English: snow snaw

Meaning

snow

hrēosan hrīm ond snāw, · hagle ġemenġed.

bathe of sea-birds, spread of feathers, fall of frost and snow, mingled with hail.
baþian brimfuglas, · brǣdan feþra,

Declension

Declension of snaw
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	snāw	snāwas
Accusative	snāw	snāwas
Genitive	snāwes	snāwa
Dative	snāwe	snāwum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *snaiw (“snow”), from Proto-Germanic *snaiwaz (“snow”), from Proto-Indo-European *snóygʷʰos, from *sneygʷʰ- (“to snow”) + *-os (suffix forming action nouns from verbs).

Descendants

snaw, snow

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