Snew

//snjuː// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To snow. intransitive, obsolete
  2. 2
    simple past of snow dialectal, form-of, past
  3. 3
    To abound. intransitive, obsolete

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English snewen, from Old English snīwan (“to snow”), from Proto-Germanic *snīwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sneygʷʰ-.

Etymology 2

See snow.

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