snöga

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish snøgha, a parallel form to snioa (to snow) with an epenthetic hiatus-filling -g-, cf. the -g in stuga, loge, mogen, trogen, redobogen and roga. Compare dialectal Norwegian Nynorsk snøga.

Pronunciation

Verb

snöga (present snögar, preterite snögade, supine snögat, imperative snöga)

  1. (dated, dialectal) Alternative form of snöa (to snow)
    • 1790, Carl Michael Bellman, Fredmans epistel n:o 42:
      Vargar tjuta öfver alt, ren det snögar och blir kallt.
      Wolves howl everywhere, already it is snowing and getting cold.
    • 1797 October 28, Märta Helena Reenstierna, Årstadagboken:
      Hela natten och efven i dag Snögade mycket.
      All night and also today it snowed a lot.
    • 1818 December 28, Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Reseanteckningar:
      Nu kom jag att kasta ögat utåt gatan och se — det begynner snöga.
      I happened to cast my eye on the street and saw – it has started to snow.
    • 1829, Esaias Tegnér, Vid Magister-promotionen i Lund:
      Plöja i pannan, och snöga i håret, och snöga i hjertat.
      Ploughing in my forehead, snowing in my hair, and snowing in my heart.
    • 1886, Nils Linder, Regler och råd angående svenska språkets behandling i tal och skrift:
      I öfverensstämmelse med uttalet skrifves dock numera roa (icke »roga») och snöa (hällre än »snöga»).
      According to the pronunciation, it is now written roa (not “roga”) and snöa (rather than “snöga”).
    • 1905, Verner von Heidenstam, Folke Filbyter:
      Då skall du sluta att gå på jakt mer under vintern, Inge, så att det får snöga.
      Then you should stop hunting during the winter, Inge, so that it can snow.

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