snew

• IPA^(key): /snjuː/, /snuː/
• Rhymes: -uː

From Middle English snewen, from Old English snīwan (“to snow”), from Proto-Germanic *snīwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sneygʷʰ-.

snew (third-person singular simple present snews, present participle snewing, simple past and past participle snewed)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To snow.
2. (intransitive, obsolete) To abound.

See snow.

snew

1. (dialectal) simple past of snow

• “snew”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “snow”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

• news, sewn, wens

snew

1. alternative form of snewen

Borrowed from Dutch sneeuw.

snew

1. snow