skafrenningur

Icelandic

Noun

skafrenningur m (genitive singular skafrennings, no plural)

1. drifting snow; (snow stirred up by wind)

See also

• háarenningur (drifting snow that crosses a grown man's line of sight)
• hjarn (a crust of snow)
• lágarenningur (drifting snow that does not cross a grown man's line of sight)
• skari
• snjór (snow)

Further reading

• “skafrenningur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)