snewen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• sniwe, snewe, sneuwen, snew

Etymology

From Old English snīwan, from Proto-Germanic *snīwaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsniu̯ən/

Verb

snewen

1. (intransitive) To snow; to generate snow.
2. (intransitive, rare) To abound; to rain.
   • c. 1385, Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘General Prologue’, Canterbury Tales:

     It snewed in his hous of mete and drynke

     It rained meat and drink in his house

Conjugation

Conjugation of snewen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) snewen, snewe
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	snewe	snewed
2nd-person singular	snewest	snewedest
3rd-person singular	sneweth	snewed
subjunctive singular	snewe
imperative singular		—
plural1	snewen, snewe	sneweden, snewede
imperative plural	sneweth, snewe	—
participles	snewynge, snewende	snewed, ysnewed

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Synonyms

• snowen

Descendants

• English: snew

References

• “sneuen (v.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-14.