OriginFrom Old Swedish snöra, from snöre (“a string”) + -a (“verb ending”). Cognate with Danish snøre.
- to lace, to tie
“Han snörde kängorna” — He laced his boots
“att snöra på sig skorna” — to put on and lace up one's shoes
“att snöra upp” — to unlace/untie
- figurativelyto squeeze, to tie up (as if with laces)
“[archaic language] Af ångest, Thova, mitt hjärta snöres samman.” — Of anguish, Thova, my heart is squeezed together.
“Stilens ledighet och elegans förråder, att den aldrig snörts in i kanslispråkets formelsystem” — The ease and elegance of the style reveals, that it has never been ensnared in the system of bureaucratic formulations
Formssnör(present) · snörar(present) · snörde(preterite) · snörade(preterite) · snört(supine) · snörat(supine) · snör(imperative) · snöra(imperative) · snöra(active, infinitive) · snöras(infinitive, passive) · snört(active, supine) · snörts(passive, supine) · snör(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · snören(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · snör(active, indicative, present) · snörde(active, indicative, past) · snörs(indicative, passive, present) · snöres(indicative, passive, present)
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