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Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse snúa.
Pronunciation
Verb
sno (imperative sno, infinitive at sno, present tense snor, past tense snoede, perfect tense har snoet)
- to twine, coil (around something)
2007, Majbritte Ulrikkeholm, Hannas have og andre fortællinger, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN, page 129:Og så lod han sin finger glide hen over en slange, som snoede sig umærkeligt rundt om Marias fødder.- And then he let his finger glide over a snake, that inconspicously coiled itself around Maria's feet.
2012, Dmitry Glukhovsky, Metro 2034: Forsvaret af Sevastopolskaja, Rosinante & Co, →ISBN:En slyngplante af kyklopagtig størrelse snoede sig rundt og rundt om tårnet.- A creeper of cyclopic size twisted around and around the tower.
2016, Rick Riordan, Magnus Chase og de nordiske guder - Kampen om sommersværdet, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:Han susede ned under ulvens bug og snoede tråden rundt om dens ben, hurtigere end Fenrisulven kunne nå at reagere, så den væltede.- He wooshed down below the wolf's stomach and coiled the thread around its legs, faster than the wolf of Fenrir could react, so it fell.
- to curl, to twist
- at sno sig uden om noget
- (figuratively) to wriggle out of something
2013, Cecilie Reckendorff, Den hvide ræv, BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 56:Røgen snoede sig ud mellem hans læber.- The smoke curled its way out between his lips.
2008, Dødsdømt: Flemming Helweg-Larsens beretning, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN, page 55:Hist og her en lille blokhytte, hvor røgen snoede sig op af den primitivt klinede skorsten, men ingen mennesker at se nogetsteds.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse snúa (senses 1, 2), sense 3 related to snuse.
Verb
sno (imperative sno, present tense snor, passive snos, simple past snodde, past participle snodd, present participle snoende)
- to twine, twist
- (reflexive) to turn, twist, squirm, pick one's way
- to blow, cold and biting
References
- “sno” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “sno_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “sno_4” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
sno m or f (definite singular snoen or snoa, indefinite plural snoar or snoer, definite plural snoane or snoene)
- a cold, chilling gust of wind
- a scent
Verb
sno (present tense snor, past tense snodde, past participle snott/snodd, passive infinitive snoast, present participle snoande, imperative sno)
- to blow gently, though cold and biting
- to snuff, sniff
Alternative forms
References
- “sno” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish snō, snōa, from Old Norse *snóa, from Proto-Germanic *snōaną (“to wind; twist; braid”), from Proto-Indo-European *sneh₁(i)- (“to twist; turn; wind; braid; plait”). Compare Old Norse snúa (“to turn; twist”), Old High German snuoba (“band; fillet”).
Pronunciation
Verb
sno (present snor, preterite snodde, supine snott, imperative sno)
- to twist; to turn the ends of something, usually thread, thin rope etc., in opposite directions
- to twist; to join together by twining one part around another
- (often with a particle like runt) to (quickly) turn
Han snodde runt- He turned around
- (slang) to nick, to steal
- Synonym: stjäla
- (colloquial, reflexive) to hurry up
- sno sig! ― hurry up!
Conjugation
Conjugation of sno (weak)
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Tok Pisin
Noun
sno
- fog; mist