Old English · adjective
snawhwit
Normalised snāwhwīt
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /ˈsnɑːwˌxwiːt/[ˈsnɑːwˌʍiːt]
- Syllables
- ˈsnɑːw · ˌxwiːt (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- snow-white
Meaning
-
snow-white
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | snāwhwīt | snāwhwīt | snāwhwīt |
| Accusative | snāwhwītne | snāwhwīte | snāwhwīt |
| Genitive | snāwhwītes | snāwhwītre | snāwhwītes |
| Dative | snāwhwītum | snāwhwītre | snāwhwītum |
| Instrumental | snāwhwīte | snāwhwītre | snāwhwīte |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | snāwhwīte | snāwhwītasnāwhwīte | snāwhwīt |
| Accusative | snāwhwīte | snāwhwītasnāwhwīte | snāwhwīt |
| Genitive | snāwhwītra | snāwhwītra | snāwhwītra |
| Dative | snāwhwītum | snāwhwītum | snāwhwītum |
| Instrumental | snāwhwītum | snāwhwītum | snāwhwītum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | snāwhwīta | snāwhwīte | snāwhwīte |
| Accusative | snāwhwītan | snāwhwītan | snāwhwīte |
| Genitive | snāwhwītan | snāwhwītan | snāwhwītan |
| Dative | snāwhwītan | snāwhwītan | snāwhwītan |
| Instrumental | snāwhwītan | snāwhwītan | snāwhwītan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | snāwhwītan | snāwhwītan | snāwhwītan |
| Accusative | snāwhwītan | snāwhwītan | snāwhwītan |
| Genitive | snāwhwītrasnāwhwītena | snāwhwītrasnāwhwītena | snāwhwītrasnāwhwītena |
| Dative | snāwhwītum | snāwhwītum | snāwhwītum |
| Instrumental | snāwhwītum | snāwhwītum | snāwhwītum |
All forms (10)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *snaiwahwītaz, equivalent to snāw (“snow”) + hwīt (“white”). Cognate with Dutch sneeuwwit, German schneeweiß, and Old Norse snjóhvitr.
Descendants
snow-white
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