snawhwit
Middle English
Adjective
snawhwit
- alternative form of snow whit
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *snaiwahwītaz, equivalent to snāw (“snow”) + hwīt (“white”). Cognate with Dutch sneeuwwit, German schneeweiß, and Old Norse snjóhvitr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsnɑːwˌxwiːt/, [ˈsnɑːwˌʍiːt]
Adjective
snāwhwīt
Declension
Declension of snāwhwīt — Strong
Declension of snāwhwīt — Weak
Antonyms
Descendants
- Middle English: snow whit, snawhwit, snouwite, snouwhite
- English: snow-white
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “snāwhwīt”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.