snow whit
Middle English
Alternative forms
- snowe-white, snouwite, snawhwit, snow whyte, snou whyte
Etymology
From Old English snāwhwīt, from Proto-Germanic *snaiwahwītaz; equivalent to snow + whit.
Pronunciation
- (Early ME, Northen NE) IPA(key): /ˈsnɑu̯ʍiːt/
- IPA(key): /ˈsnɔu̯ʍiːt/
Adjective
snow whit
- snow-white (resembling snow in colour)
- pure, virtuous
Descendants
- English: snow-white
- Scots: snaw-white
References
- “snou-whīt (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-14.