snawhwit
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Middle English[edit]
Adjective[edit]
snawhwit
- Alternative form of snow whit
Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *snaiwahwītaz, equivalent to snāw (“snow”) + hwīt (“white”). Cognate with Dutch sneeuwwit, German schneeweiß, and Old Norse snjóhvitr.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
snāwhwīt
Declension[edit]
Declension of snāwhwīt — Strong
Declension of snāwhwīt — Weak
Antonyms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Middle English: snow whit, snawhwit, snouwite, snouwhite
- English: snow-white
References[edit]
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “snāwhwīt”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.