snowen
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From snow + -en (infinitival suffix).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
snowen
- (intransitive) To snow; to generate snow.
- (intransitive, rare) To abound; to rain.
Usage notes[edit]
This verb occasionally became a Class 7e strong verb on the model of blowen, resulting in a past stem snew- and a past participle snowen.
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of snowen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Synonyms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “snouen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-14.