Sníwan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - sníwan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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.]

Related words: be-sníwod. sniwan

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