snaw
Middle English
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editsnaw
- Alternative form of snow
Etymology 2
editVerb
editsnaw
- Alternative form of snowen
Old English
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *snaiwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *snóygʷʰos.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsnāw m
Declension
editDeclension of snaw (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
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editDescendants
editScots
editEtymology
editInherited from Northern Middle English snaw (compare southern snow), from Old English snāw.
Noun
editsnaw (plural snaws)
- snow
- 1786, Robert Burns, A Winter Night:
- I heard nae mair, for Chanticleer
Shook off the pouthery snaw,
And hail'd the morning with a cheer,
A cottage-rousing craw.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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