snewv.

Forms: Old English sniwan ( sniu-, sniuw-), Middle English snywe(n, Middle English sniuw-, Middle English sneuw-, Middle English–1500s snewe.

Etymology: Old English sníwan , = West Frisian snije (sneie , snīe ), North Frisian snī , sneie , snaie , Middle Dutch sniwen , snien , Middle Low German snîghen , snygen , Old High German snîwan (Middle High German snîwen , snîgen , snîen , German schneien , dialect schneuen , schneiben , etc.) < *snigwan- , related by ablaut to snow n.¹The evidence for survival in modern dialect is very slight; it is doubtful whether snew, to swarm, is the same word.

? Obsolete.

1. intransitive. To snow. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > snow > snow or fall (of snow) [verb (intransitive)]

snewc725

it snowsc1330

snitterc1400

c725 Corpus Gloss. (Hessels) N 117 Ninguit, sniuwið.

c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. ii. xiii [If] hit rine & sniwe & styrme ute.

a1000 Epist. Alex. in Cockayne Narrat. Angl. (1861) 23 Ða cwom þær micel snaw and swa miclum sniwde swelce micel flys feoll.

a1250 Owl & Nightingale 620 His hou [= hue] neuer ne uorlost, Wan hit sniuw [v.r. snywe] ne wan hit frost.

a1325 Orfeo 245 Þei it comenci to snewe and frese.

a1400 K. Alis. (W.) 6450 Whan hit snywith [Laud MS. snoweþ], other rayneth.

a1400 Launfal 293 Sche was as whyt as..snow that sneweth yn wynterys day.

c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 347 It snewed in his hous of mete and drynke.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 130 Il neige, it sneweth.

1746 Exmoor Scolding (ed. 3) i. 8 Whan [it] snewth, or blunketh, or doveth, or in scatty Weather.

2. transitive. To sprinkle like snow.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter [verb (transitive)] > sprinkle > (as) specific substance

powderc1400

snewc1440

sinapize1653

dust1790

pepper1821

c1440 Pallad. on Husb. xi. 332 On kadis thre Of wyn a certeyn of this flouris snewe.

Derivatives

† snewed adj. Obsolete

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [adjective] > sprinkled

snewed1300

sprengeda1382

strinkledc1440

sprinkled1557

spattered1647

insprinkled1671

insperged1683

shaken1725

spluttery1866

1300–1400 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) App. xx. 248 Temese was þo ifrore harde..& was swiþe whit aboue of þe snywede snou.

† ˈsnewing n. Obsolete

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > snow > [noun] > the falling of snow

snowingc1330

snewingc1400

falling1563

fall1749

c1400 Laud Troy-bk. 7318 The wynd sesid the gret blast, The snewyng then no lenger last.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	snew
释义	snewv. Forms: Old English sniwan ( sniu-, sniuw-), Middle English snywe(n, Middle English sniuw-, Middle English sneuw-, Middle English–1500s snewe. Etymology: Old English sníwan , = West Frisian snije (sneie , snīe ), North Frisian snī , sneie , snaie , Middle Dutch sniwen , snien , Middle Low German snîghen , snygen , Old High German snîwan (Middle High German snîwen , snîgen , snîen , German schneien , dialect schneuen , schneiben , etc.) < snigwan- , related by ablaut to snow n.¹The evidence for survival in modern dialect is very slight; it is doubtful whether snew, to swarm, is the same word. ? Obsolete. 1. intransitive. To snow. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > snow > snow or fall (of snow) [verb (intransitive)] snewc725 it snowsc1330 snitterc1400 c725 Corpus Gloss.* (Hessels) N 117 Ninguit, sniuwið. c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. ii. xiii [If] hit rine & sniwe & styrme ute. a1000 Epist. Alex. in Cockayne Narrat. Angl. (1861) 23 Ða cwom þær micel snaw and swa miclum sniwde swelce micel flys feoll. a1250 Owl & Nightingale 620 His hou [= hue] neuer ne uorlost, Wan hit sniuw [v.r. snywe] ne wan hit frost. a1325 Orfeo 245 Þei it comenci to snewe and frese. a1400 K. Alis. (W.) 6450 Whan hit snywith [Laud MS. snoweþ], other rayneth. a1400 Launfal 293 Sche was as whyt as..snow that sneweth yn wynterys day. c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 347 It snewed in his hous of mete and drynke. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 130 Il neige, it sneweth. 1746 Exmoor Scolding (ed. 3) i. 8 Whan [it] snewth, or blunketh, or doveth, or in scatty Weather. 2. transitive. To sprinkle like snow. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter [verb (transitive)] > sprinkle > (as) specific substance powderc1400 snewc1440 sinapize1653 dust1790 pepper1821 c1440 Pallad. on Husb. xi. 332 On kadis thre Of wyn a certeyn of this flouris snewe. Derivatives † snewed adj. Obsolete ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [adjective] > sprinkled snewed1300 sprengeda1382 strinkledc1440 sprinkled1557 spattered1647 insprinkled1671 insperged1683 shaken1725 spluttery1866 1300–1400 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) App. xx. 248 Temese was þo ifrore harde..& was swiþe whit aboue of þe snywede snou. † ˈsnewing n. Obsolete ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > snow > [noun] > the falling of snow snowingc1330 snewingc1400 falling1563 fall1749 c1400 Laud Troy-bk. 7318 The wynd sesid the gret blast, The snewyng then no lenger last. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.c725
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