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sno

See also: snö, and snø

Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse snúa.

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sno (imperative sno, infinitive at sno, present tense snor, past tense snoede, perfect tense har snoet)

  1. 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.
  2. 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

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Etymology

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From Old Norse snúa (senses 1, 2), sense 3 related to snuse.

Verb

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sno (imperative sno, present tense snor, passive snos, simple past snodde, past participle snodd, present participle snoende)

  1. to twine, twist
  2. (reflexive) to turn, twist, squirm, pick one's way
  3. to blow, cold and biting

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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sno m or f (definite singular snoen or snoa, indefinite plural snoar or snoer, definite plural snoane or snoene)

  1. a cold, chilling gust of wind
  2. a scent

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sno (present tense snor, past tense snodde, past participle snott/snodd, passive infinitive snoast, present participle snoande, imperative sno)

  1. to blow gently, though cold and biting
  2. to snuff, sniff

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Swedish

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Etymology

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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”).

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Verb

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sno (present snor, preterite snodde, supine snott, imperative sno)

  1. to twist; to turn the ends of something, usually thread, thin rope etc., in opposite directions
  2. to twist; to join together by twining one part around another
  3. (often with a particle like runt) to (quickly) turn
    Han snodde runt
    He turned around
  4. (slang) to nick, to steal
    Synonym: stjäla
  5. (colloquial, reflexive) to hurry up
    sno sig! ― hurry up!

Conjugation

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Conjugation of sno (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive sno snos
Supine snott snotts
Imperative sno —
Imper. plural1 snon —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative snor snodde snos snoddes
Ind. plural1 sno snodde snos snoddes
Subjunctive2 sno snodde snos snoddes
Participles
Present participle snoende
Past participle snodd
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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Noun

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sno

  1. fog; mist
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