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

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