snjóva

See also: snjova

Old Norse

Alternative forms

  • snæva, snjáva

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *snīwaną, from the Proto-Indo-European root *sneygʷʰ-.

Verb

snjóva

  1. (impersonal, intransitive) to snow
    snjóvar ― it snows
Conjugation
Conjugation of snjóva — impersonal, active (weak class 2)
infinitive snjóva
past participle snjóvaðr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
3rd-person singular snjóvar snjóvaði snjóvi snjóvaði
Descendants
  • Icelandic: snjóa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: snø, snøa, snjova
  • Norwegian: snya, snjóge (dialectal)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: snø
  • Swedish: snö
  • Danish: sne

Etymology 2

Noun

snjóva m

  1. accusative plural indefinite of snjór
  2. genitive plural indefinite of snjór

Further reading

  • “snjóva” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen
  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “snjóva”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 393; also available at the Internet Archive
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