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snúa.

to turn

4 characters1 syllables approx.Íslenska language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. to turn

  2. to face

    Hvor hliðin snýr niður?
  3. to translate, to render

    informal
  4. to change someone's mind, to convert someone

  5. to make someone run errands

  6. to twine, to twist

Where this word comes from

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

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