snow whit

Middle English

Alternative forms

• snowe-white, snouwite, snawhwit, snow whyte, snou whyte

Etymology

From Old English snāwhwīt, from Proto-Germanic *snaiwahwītaz; equivalent to snow +‎ whit.

Pronunciation

• (Early Middle English, Northen NE) IPA^(key): /ˈsnɑu̯ʍiːt/
• IPA^(key): /ˈsnɔu̯ʍiːt/

Adjective

snow whit

1. snow-white (resembling snow in colour)
2. pure, virtuous

Descendants

• English: snow-white
• Scots: snaw-white

References

• “snou-whīt, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-14.