snawhwit
Middle English
editAdjective
editsnawhwit
- Alternative form of snow whit
Old English
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *snaiwahwītaz, equivalent to snāw (“snow”) + hwīt (“white”). Cognate with Dutch sneeuwwit, German schneeweiß, and Old Norse snjóhvitr.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editsnāwhwīt
Declension
editDeclension of snāwhwīt — Strong
Declension of snāwhwīt — Weak
Antonyms
editDescendants
edit- Middle English: snow whit, snawhwit, snouwite, snouwhite
- English: snow-white
References
edit- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “snāwhwīt”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.