Middle English Dictionary Entry
snouī adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | snouī adj. Also snawi. |
| Etymology | LOE snāwig; also cp. ME snou n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Snowy; like snow: cold, icy; white; ~ whitnesse.
Associated quotations
- c1225(?c1200) SWard (Bod 34)12/109 : Þer is..toðes hechelunge iþe snawi weattres.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.2524 : Venus..Aboute hir hed hadde dowes white..Ay flikeryng with snowy wyngys fayre.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)132a/a : If þe macule is adiposa & niualis [Ch.(2): like snowe], i. snowy, it helpeþ to shaue it with a rasour.
- c1475 St.Anne(2) (Trin-C R.3.21)472 : The snowy whytenes..Of thys syndony betokeneth purete.
- 1483 Cath.Angl.(Monson 168)346 : Niueus: Snawy.