snawhwit

Middle English

Adjective

snawhwit

1. 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

1. snow-white

Declension

Declension of snāwhwīt — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	snāwhwīt	snāwhwīt	snāwhwīt
Accusative	snāwhwītne	snāwhwīte	snāwhwīt
Genitive	snāwhwītes	snāwhwītre	snāwhwītes
Dative	snāwhwītum	snāwhwītre	snāwhwītum
Instrumental	snāwhwīte	snāwhwītre	snāwhwīte
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	snāwhwīte	snāwhwīta, snāwhwīte	snāwhwīt
Accusative	snāwhwīte	snāwhwīta, snāwhwīte	snāwhwīt
Genitive	snāwhwītra	snāwhwītra	snāwhwītra
Dative	snāwhwītum	snāwhwītum	snāwhwītum
Instrumental	snāwhwītum	snāwhwītum	snāwhwītum

Declension of snāwhwīt — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	snāwhwīta	snāwhwīte	snāwhwīte
Accusative	snāwhwītan	snāwhwītan	snāwhwīte
Genitive	snāwhwītan	snāwhwītan	snāwhwītan
Dative	snāwhwītan	snāwhwītan	snāwhwītan
Instrumental	snāwhwītan	snāwhwītan	snāwhwītan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	snāwhwītan	snāwhwītan	snāwhwītan
Accusative	snāwhwītan	snāwhwītan	snāwhwītan
Genitive	snāwhwītra, snāwhwītena	snāwhwītra, snāwhwītena	snāwhwītra, snāwhwītena
Dative	snāwhwītum	snāwhwītum	snāwhwītum
Instrumental	snāwhwītum	snāwhwītum	snāwhwītum

Antonyms

• colsweart

Descendants

• Middle English: snow whit, snawhwit, snouwite, snouwhite
  • English: snow-white

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “snāwhwīt”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.