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▪ I. snew, v. ? Obs.
Forms: 1 sniwan (sniu-, sniuw-), 3–4 snywe(n, 3 sniuw-, 4 sneuw-, 4–6 snewe.
[OE. sníwan, = WFris. snije (sneie, snīe), NFris. snī, sneie, snaie, MDu. sniwen, snien, MLG. snîghen, snygen, OHG. snîwan (MHG. snîwen, snîgen, snîen, G. schneien, dial. schneuen, schneiben, etc.):—*sniᵹwan-, related by ablaut to snow n.1
The evidence for survival in mod. dial. is very slight; it is doubtful whether snew, to swarm, is the same word.]
1. intr. To snow.
c725Corpus Gloss. (Hessels) N 117 Ninguit, sniuwið. c900tr. Baeda's Hist. ii. xiii, [If] hit rine & sniwe & styrme ute. a1000Epist. Alex. in Cockayne Narrat. Angl. (1861) 23 Ða cwom þær micel snaw and swa miclum sniwde swelce micel flys feoll. a1250Owl & Night. 620 His hou [= hue] neuer ne uorlost, Wan hit sniuw [v.r. snywe] ne wan hit frost. 13..K. Alis. 6450 (W.), Whan hit snywith [Laud MS. snoweþ], other rayneth. a1325Orfeo 245 Þei it comenci to snewe and frese. a1400Launfal 293 Sche was as whyt as..snow that sneweth yn wynterys day. 1530Palsgr. 130 Il neige, it sneweth. 1746Exmoor Scolding (E.D.S.) 124 Whan [it] snewth, or blunketh, or doveth, or in scatty Weather.
fig.c1386Chaucer Prol. 347 It snewed in his hous of mete and drynke.
2. trans. To sprinkle like snow.
c1440Pallad. on Husb. xi. 332 On kadis thre Of wyn a certeyn of this flouris snewe.
Hence † snewed ppl. a.; † ˈsnewing vbl. n.
1300–1400R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) App. xx. 248 Temese was þo ifrore harde..& was swiþe whit aboue of þe snywede snou. c1400Laud Troy-bk. 7318 The wynd sesid the gret blast, The snewyng then no lenger last.
▪ II. snew
obs. or dial. pa. tense of snow v. |