snjór

Icelandic

Alternative forms

• snjár, snær

Etymology

From Old Norse snjór, snjár, snær.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stnjouːr/
• Rhymes: -ouːr

Noun

snjór m (genitive singular snjós or (dated) snjóvar or snjóar, nominative plural snjóar or (dated) snjóvar)

1. snow

   Snjórinn leysir. ― The snow is thawing.

Declension

Declension of snjór (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	snjór	snjórinn	snjóar, snjóvar1	snjóarnir, snjóvarnir1
accusative	snjó	snjóinn	snjóa, snjóva1	snjóana, snjóvana1
dative	snjó	snjónum	snjóum	snjóunum
genitive	snjós, snjóvar1, snjóar	snjósins, snjóvarins1, snjóarins	snjóa	snjóanna

¹Dated.

Derived terms

• snjóa

See also

• hjarn (“crust of snow”)

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• snjár, snær

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *snaiwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *snóygʷʰos; cognates include the Old English snāw and the Old High German snēo.

Noun

snjór m (genitive snjóvar)

1. snow

Declension

  Declension of snjór (strong wa-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	snjór	snjórinn	snjóvar	snjóvarnir
accusative	snjó	snjóinn	snjóva	snjóvana
dative	snjóvi	snjóvinum	snjóvum	snjóvunum
genitive	snjóvar	snjóvar	snjóva	snjóvanna

Note -ar in the genitive singular.

Descendants

• Icelandic: snjór, snjár, snær
• Faroese: snjógvur
• Norn: snju, snaa
• Norwegian Nynorsk: snjo, snø; (dialectal) snjór'e, sny
• Norwegian Bokmål: snø
• Jamtish: snǿ
• Elfdalian: sniųo
• Old Swedish: sniōr
  • Swedish: snö
• Old Danish: sniō, snø̄, snē
  • Danish: sne
    • Norwegian Bokmål: sne
  • Scanian: sný
• Gutnish: snåi

References

• snjór in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.