ringla

Swedish

Etymology

Derived from ring.

Verb

ringla (present ringlar, preterite ringlade, supine ringlat, imperative ringla)

  1. to move sinuously (somewhere)
    Ormen ringlade skamset iväg
    The snake shamefacedly slithered away
    Röken ringlade mot himlen
    The smoke curled towards the sky
  2. to spread (something) over something (usually food) in sinuous shapes, to (often, idiomatically) drizzle
    ringla dressing över en sallad
    drizzle dressing over a salad

Conjugation

Conjugation of ringla (weak)
active passive
infinitive ringla ringlas
supine ringlat ringlats
imperative ringla —
imper. plural1 ringlen —
present past present past
indicative ringlar ringlade ringlas ringlades
ind. plural1 ringla ringlade ringlas ringlades
subjunctive2 ringle ringlade ringles ringlades
present participle ringlande
past participle ringlad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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