snegel
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Old English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *snagilaz.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
sneġel m
Usage notes[edit]
- Like its modern Germanic cognates (German Schnecke, Icelandic snigill, Swedish snigel), this word referred to snails and slugs. Ælfric lists the word for a snail in particular as ġehūsod sneġel (literally “snail with a house”). No word for a slug in particular is attested; if one existed, it may have been *unġehūsod sneġel, or *nacod sneġel like German Nacktschnecke (literally “naked snail”), or something else.
Declension[edit]
Declension of snegel (strong a-stem)