besniwod

Old English

Alternative forms

besnīwed, besnīƿod

Etymology

The past participle of *besnīwian (“to snow on, besnow, cover with snow”).

Adjective

besnīwod

covered with snow, snowy.

Descendants

Middle English: besnewed, bisnewed
- English: besnowed

References

besníwod in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary

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