snegel

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *snagilaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsne.jel/

Noun

sneġel m

  1. a snail or slug, a gastropod

Usage notes

  • Like its modern Germanic cognates (German Schnecke, Icelandic snigill, Swedish snigel), this word referred to both snails and slugs. Ælfric lists the word for a snail in particular as ġehūsod sneġel (literally “housed snail”). No word for a slug in particular is attested; if one existed, it may have been *unġehūsod sneġel, or *nacod sneġel like German Nacktschnecke (literally “naked snail”), or something else.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative sneġel sneġlas
accusative sneġel sneġlas
genitive sneġles sneġla
dative sneġle sneġlum

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: snail, sneil, snayl, sneyl
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