besnowv.

/bɪsˈnəʊ/

Forms: Old English besniwan, Middle English bi-, by-, besnywe(n, -snewe(n, 1500s– besnow.

Etymology: Old English besníwian , < be- prefix 1 + sníwan to snow v.

transitive. To snow on; to cover or whiten with, or as with, snow; also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > whitening > make white [verb (transitive)] > cover or coat with white

whiteOE

besnowa1000

whiten?a1425

oversnow1609

candya1612

whitewash1722

a1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 175 Ninguidus, besniwod.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 81 Non vayr body ne is bote..ase a donghel besnewed.

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 51 He was with yiftes all besnewed.

1596 M. Drayton Mortimeriados sig. D2^v The battered Caskes..Besnow the soyle with drifts of scattered plumes.

1633 True Trojans i. iii Foam besnows the trampled corn.

Derivatives

beˈsnowed adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > whitening > [adjective] > covered or coated with white

whitedOE

whitened1574

sugar-candied1592

candied1600

surpliced1845

besnowed1849

1849 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtons II. ix. i. 88 A fourth, all besnowed and frozen, descends from the outside.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	besnow
释义	besnowv. /bɪsˈnəʊ/ Forms: Old English besniwan, Middle English bi-, by-, besnywe(n, -snewe(n, 1500s– besnow. Etymology: Old English besníwian , < be- prefix 1 + sníwan to snow v. transitive. To snow on; to cover or whiten with, or as with, snow; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > whitening > make white [verb (transitive)] > cover or coat with white whiteOE besnowa1000 whiten?a1425 oversnow1609 candya1612 whitewash1722 a1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 175 Ninguidus, besniwod. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 81 Non vayr body ne is bote..ase a donghel besnewed. 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 51 He was with yiftes all besnewed. 1596 M. Drayton Mortimeriados sig. D2^v The battered Caskes..Besnow the soyle with drifts of scattered plumes. 1633 True Trojans i. iii Foam besnows the trampled corn. Derivatives beˈsnowed adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > whitening > [adjective] > covered or coated with white whitedOE whitened1574 sugar-candied1592 candied1600 surpliced1845 besnowed1849 1849 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtons II. ix. i. 88 A fourth, all besnowed and frozen, descends from the outside. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.a1000
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