snew

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /snjuː/
  • Rhymes: -uː

Etymology 1

From Middle English snewen, from Old English snīwan (“to snow”), from Proto-Germanic *snīwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sneygʷʰ-.

Verb

snew (third-person singular simple present snews, present participle snewing, simple past and past participle snewed)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To snow.
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To abound.

Etymology 2

See snow.

Verb

snew

  1. (dialectal) simple past tense of snow

References
  • snew in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • “snow” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

Anagrams

Middle English

Verb

snew

  1. Alternative form of snewen

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch sneeuw.

Noun

snew

  1. snow
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