Sníwan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Sníwan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: be-sníwod. sniwan

Definitions

1 sníwan

p. de To snow:--Ic sníwe ninguo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Zup. 174, 8. Hit sníwþ ningit, 22; Zup. 128, 17. Sníunith, sníuidh ninguit, Txts. 78, 669. Sníweþ, Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 14. Ðá cwom ðǽr micel snáw and swá miclum sníwde swelce micel flýs feoll, Nar. 23, 13. NorÞan sníwde, Exon. Th. 307, 30; Seef. 31. Swá swá hit ríne and sníwe and styrme úte, Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, 17. [Chauc. snewede; p.: Mand. snew; p., and a similar form remains in dialects. O. H. Ger. sníwan: Icel. has a strong form snivinn; pp.]

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚾᛁᚹᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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