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snara

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Icelandic

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A bull being snared with a lasso.
A noose.
A loop in graph theory.

Etymology 1

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Deverbal of snara (to snare, lasso), see lemma below.

Noun

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snara f (genitive singular snöru, nominative plural snörur)

  1. a trap, a snare
  2. a noose
  3. (graph theory) a loop
Declension
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Synonyms
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References

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  • Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “snara”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Old Norse snara.

Verb

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snara (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative snaraði, supine snarað)

  1. to snare, to lasso [with accusative]
    Synonym: fanga
  2. to translate hastily [with accusative or dative]
    Synonym: þýða
Conjugation
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Derived terms
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References

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  • Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “snara”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies

Old Swedish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse snara, from Proto-Germanic *snarhǭ.

Noun

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snara f

  1. snare

Declension

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Declension of snara (on-stem)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative snara snaran snaru(r), -o(r) snaruna(r), -ona(r)
accusative snaru, -o snaruna, -ona snaru(r), -o(r) snaruna(r), -ona(r)
dative snaru, -o snarunni, -onne snarum, -om snarumin, -omen
genitive snaru, -o snarunna(r), -onna(r) snara snaranna

Descendants

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  • Swedish: snara

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish snara, from Old Norse snara, from Proto-Germanic *snarhǭ.

Adjective

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snara

  1. inflection of snar:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

Noun

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snara c

  1. a snare, a trap
  2. a noose

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Anagrams

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