Icelandic

Proper noun

Snær

1. A male given name

Declension

Icelandic

Noun

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

1. snow ^syn.

Declension

Synonyms

• (snow): ^def. snjór

Derived terms

• Snæland
• snævi þakinn
• snæljós
• eins og snæljós

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈsnæːr/

Noun

snær m

1. snow

Descendants

• Danish: sne
• Faroese: snjógvur
• Icelandic: snær
• Norwegian: snø
• Swedish: snö