snegel

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Old English

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Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *snagilaz.

Pronunciation

Noun

sneġel m

  1. a snail or slug, a gastropod

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.

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  • Middle English: snail, sneil, snayl, sneyl