snaw

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Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

snaw

  1. Alternative form of snow

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

snaw

  1. Alternative form of snowen

Old English[edit]

Snāwbeþeaht weġ

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *snaiwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *snóygʷʰos.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

snāw m

  1. snow

Declension[edit]

Declension of snaw (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative snāw snāwas
accusative snāw snāwas
genitive snāwes snāwa
dative snāwe snāwum

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Scots[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Northern Middle English snaw (compare southern snow), from Old English snāw.

Noun[edit]

snaw (plural snaws)

  1. snow
    • 1786, Robert Burns, A Winter Night:
      I heard nae mair, for Chanticleer
      Shook off the pouthery snaw,
      And hail'd the morning with a cheer,
      A cottage-rousing craw.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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