snew

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English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

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[edit]

See snow.

Verb[edit]

snew

  1. (dialectal) simple past of snow

References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Middle English[edit]

Verb[edit]

snew

  1. Alternative form of snewen

Sranan Tongo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Dutch sneeuw.

Noun[edit]

snew

  1. snow