snúa

See also: snua

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse snúa, from Proto-Germanic *snōwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sneh₁- (“to wind; twist; braid; plait”).

Verb

snúa (ri-verb, third-person singular past indicative sneri or snéri, supine snúið)

1. (with dative) to turn
2. (with dative) to face

   Hvor hliðin snýr niður?

   Which side faces downwards?

3. (with dative, informal) to translate, to render
4. (with dative) to change somebody's mind, to convert somebody
5. (with dative) to make someone run errands
6. (with accusative) to twine, to twist

Usage notes

• One of the four ri-verbs in Icelandic, the other being núa (“to rub, massage; to wipe”), gróa (“to grow; to heal”) and róa (“to row”).
• As with the other ri-verbs, the past tense sneri (“I turned”) was originally pronounced with an e sound but is today pronounced with a é sound. There are therefore two spelling variants used: sneri and snéri. The Icelandic Ministry of Education considers both variants to be equally correct, but many speakers consider the original sneri spelling to be the more correct one.

Synonyms

• (turn): venda
• (face): vísa
• (translate): þýða, snara, útleggja
• (change somebody's mind): telja hughvarf
• (make someone run errands): láta þjóna sér
• (twist): flétta

Derived terms

• snúa að
• snúa aftur
• snúa aftur með
• snúa á
• snúa á sitt mál
• snúa fram
• snúa frá
• snúa sér að
• snúa sér í hring
• snúa sér til
• snúa sér undan
• snúa sig út úr
• snúa sig (“to twist an ankle or joint”)
• snúa til kristni
• snúa upp
• snúa upp á
• snúa upp á sig
• snúa upp í grín
• snúa úr hálsliðnum
• snúa út úr (“to deliberately misinterpret”)
• snúa við
• snúa öfugt
• snúast
• snúast á sveif með
• snúast fyrir
• snúast gegn
• snúast í
• snúast í lið með
• snúast upp í
• snúast við
• snúinn

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *snōwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sneh₁- (“to wind; twist; braid; plait”).

Verb

snúa

1. to turn (around), twist

Conjugation

Conjugation of snúa — active (strong class 7, weak inflection in past tense)

infinitive	snúa
present participle	snúandi
past participle	snúinn
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	sný	snera, snøra
2nd-person singular	snýr	snerir, snørir
3rd-person singular	snýr	sneri, snøri
1st-person plural	snúm	snerum, snørum
2nd-person plural	snúið	sneruð, snøruð
3rd-person plural	snúa	sneru, snøru
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	snúa	snera, snøra
2nd-person singular	snúir	snerir, snørir
3rd-person singular	snúi	sneri, snøri
1st-person plural	snúim	snerim, snørim
2nd-person plural	snúið	snerið, snørið
3rd-person plural	snúi	sneri, snøri
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	snú
1st-person plural	snúm
2nd-person plural	snúið

Conjugation of snúa — mediopassive (strong class 7, weak inflection in past tense)

infinitive	snúask
present participle	snúandisk
past participle	snúizk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	snúmk	snerumk, snørumk
2nd-person singular	snýsk	snerisk, snørisk
3rd-person singular	snýsk	snerisk, snørisk
1st-person plural	snúmsk	snerumsk, snørumsk
2nd-person plural	snúizk	sneruzk, snøruzk
3rd-person plural	snúask	snerusk, snørusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	snúmk	snerumk, snørumk
2nd-person singular	snúisk	snerisk, snørisk
3rd-person singular	snúisk	snerisk, snørisk
1st-person plural	snúimsk	snerimsk, snørimsk
2nd-person plural	snúizk	snerizk, snørizk
3rd-person plural	snúisk	snerisk, snørisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	snúsk
1st-person plural	snúmsk
2nd-person plural	snúizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: snúa
• Faroese: snurra
• Norwegian:
  • Bokmål: snu
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: snu
• Swedish: snurra, sno
• Danish: snurre