snöra

From Old Swedish snöra, from snöre (“a string”) +‎ -a (“verb ending”). Cognate with Danish snøre.

snöra (present snör or snörar, preterite snörde or snörade, supine snört or snörat, imperative snör or snöra)

1. to lace, to tie

   Han snörde kängorna

   He laced his boots

   att snöra på sig skorna

   to put on and lace up one's shoes

   att snöra upp

   to unlace/untie

   Därpå snörade de upp sina ränslar, framtogo instrumenter och bandager samt skredo till verket.

   Then they opened up their backpacks, took out instruments and bandages and started their work.

2. (figuratively) to squeeze, to tie up (as if with laces)

   Af ångest, Thova, mitt hjärta snöres samman. (archaic language)

   Of anguish, Thova, my heart is squeezed together.

   Stilens ledighet och elegans förråder, att den aldrig snörts in i kanslispråkets formelsystem

   The ease and elegance of the style reveals, that it has never been ensnared in the system of bureaucratic formulations

• Tying one's shoes is more commonly expressed as knyta skorna. Snöra sounds a bit more heavy-duty, like English lace.
• SAOB also lists another verb, snöra 1 (to twist, to make a string, to throw, to eat, ...).

• snörkänga
• snörliv
• snörning
• snörsko

• snärja
• snörpa

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

• rönas, snöar