nieve

¹ American  

[neev, neef] / niv, nif /

noun

1. Archaic Northern British and Scot. Dialect. a clenched or closed hand; fist.

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nieve ² American  

adjective

1. a frequent misspelling of naive.

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nieve British  

/ niːv /

noun

1. dialect the closed hand; fist

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Etymology

Origin of nieve

First recorded in 1275–1325; from Old Norse hnefi, of uncertain ultimate origin; cognate with Danish næve, Swedish näve

Example Sentences

“La nieve, la nieve!” he called out on a recent Saturday as potential customers strolled by his 16 vats of ice cream.

From Washington Post • Mar. 26, 2023

Descubren que se acerca una tormenta de nieve que podría cubrir la superficie de todo el planeta.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2020

All those who come hunting for piñatas tend to get swept up in the show — in the birria from Jalisco, pupusas from El Salvador, nieve from Oaxaca, guasanas from Michoacan.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2019

The cudgel in my nieve did shake, Each brist'ld hair stood like a stake, When wi' an eldritch, stoor "quaick, quaick," Amang the springs, Awa ye squatter'd like a drake, On whistlin' wings.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

O. N. h initially before r, l, n, is lost: rad, rangale, ruse, lack, loup, nieve, etc.

From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by Flom, George Tobias