snyta

From Old Swedish snyta, from Old Norse snýta, from Proto-Germanic *snūtijaną. Cognate with Old English snȳtan.

snyta (present snyter, preterite snöt, supine snutit, imperative snyt)

1. (reflexive) to blow one's nose

   Jag måste snyta mig

   I need to blow my nose

   Hon snöt sig i näsduken

   She blew her hose into the handkerchief

3. to help someone blow their nose (by covering their nose with a handkerchief or tissue or the like), to "blow someone's nose"

   snyta barnen

   help the kids blow their noses / "blow the kids' noses"

Sometimes rewritten as "wipe someone's nose" in translations in (sense 2).

• osnuten

• snytning

• fräsa
• näsduk (“handkerchief”)
• snatta
• snor (“snot”)
• snuva
• snyting

• snyta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• snyta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• snyta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• nyast, nysta, synat, ytans