snegel
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *snagilaz.
Pronunciation
Noun
sneġel m
Usage notes
- Like its modern Germanic cognates (German Schnecke, Icelandic snigill, Swedish snigel), this word referred to snails and slugs. Ælfric lists the word for a snail in particular as ġehūsod sneġel (literally "snail with a house"). No word for a slug in particular is attested; if one existed, it may have been *unġehūsod sneġel, or *nacod sneġel like German Nacktschnecke ("naked snail"), or something else.
Declension
Declension of snegel (strong a-stem)