snewen
Middle English edit
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Etymology edit
Inherited from Old English snīwan, from Proto-West Germanic *snīwan, from Proto-Germanic *snīwaną.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
snewen
- (intransitive) To snow; to generate snow.
- (intransitive, rare) To abound; to rain.
- c. 1385, Geoffrey Chaucer, “General Prologue”, in Canterbury Tales:
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of snewen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Synonyms edit
Descendants edit
- English: snew
References edit
- “sneuen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-14.