snær

See also: Snær

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse snær.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈstnaiːr/
    Rhymes: -aiːr

Noun

snær m (genitive singular snæs or snævar, no plural)

  1. snow
    Synonyms: snjór, snjár

Declension
declension of snær
m-s1 singular
indefinite definite
nominative snær snærinn
accusative snæ snæinn
dative snævi / snæ snænum
genitive snæs / snævar snæsins / snævarins

Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *snaiwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *snóygʷʰos; cognates include the Old English snāw and the Old High German snēo.

Pronunciation
  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈsnɛ̃ːr/

Noun

snær m

  1. snow

Declension
  Declension of snær (strong wa-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative snær snærinn snævar snævarnir
accusative snæ snæinn snæva snævana
dative snævi snævinum snævum snævunum
genitive snæs snæsins snæva snævanna
Alternatively, the different forms could be spelled with an -f- instead of an -v-, leading to forms such as snæfi instead of snævi and snæfar instead of snævar.

Alternative forms

Descendants
  • Icelandic: snær, snjár, snjór
  • Faroese: snjógvur
  • Norn: snju, snaa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: snø, snjo; (dialectal) snjór'e, sny
  • Norwegian Bokmål: snø
  • Old Swedish: sniōr
  • Old Danish: sniō, snø̄, snē
    • Danish: sne
      • Norwegian Bokmål: sne
  • Elfdalian: sniųo
  • Jamtish: snǿ
  • Gutnish: snåi
  • Scanian: sný
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