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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *snagilaz.
Pronunciation
Noun
sneġel m
- a snail or slug, a gastropod
Usage notes
- Like its modern Germanic cognates (German Schnecke, Icelandic snigill, Swedish snigel), this word referred to both snails and slugs. Ælfric lists the word for a snail in particular as ġehūsod sneġel (literally “housed snail”). 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
Declension of sneġel (strong a-stem)
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