snaw
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
snaw
- Alternative form of snow
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
snaw
- Alternative form of snowen
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *snaiwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *snóygʷʰos.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
snāw m
Declension edit
Declension of snaw (strong a-stem)
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Scots edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Northern Middle English snaw (compare southern snow), from Old English snāw.
Noun edit
snaw (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)