sno

See also: snö and snø

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse snúa.

Pronunciation

• Homophone: snog

Verb

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)

Derived terms

• sno sig

References

• “sno” in Den Danske Ordbog

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)

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

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

Verb

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

Alternative forms

• snoa, snoe

References

• “sno” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• nos, son

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

• IPA^(key): /snuː/

Verb

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

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.

Derived terms

• sno om
• sno på

References

• sno in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• sno in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• sno in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• -son, nos, ons, son

Tok Pisin

Noun

sno

1. fog; mist