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	present	past
3rd-person singular	snjóvar	snjóvaði
subjunctive	present	past
3rd-person singular	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 [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

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