snowen
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom snow + -en (infinitival suffix).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editsnowen
- (intransitive) To snow; to generate snow.
- (intransitive, rare) To abound; to rain.
Usage notes
editThis verb occasionally became a Class 7e strong verb on the model of blowen, resulting in a past stem snew- and a past participle snowen.
Conjugation
editConjugation of snowen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Synonyms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- “snouen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-14.