åla

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ala"

Swedish

ål (“eel”) +‎ -a

åla (present ålar, preterite ålade, supine ålat, imperative åla)

to crawl, to worm, to eel
Vi ålade under stängslet
We crawled under the fence ("eeled under the fence")
sprout (remove the sprouts from a potatoe)
Hon ålar potatis.
She is sprouting potatoes.

References say slither, but that might sound weird of a human. Mostly used to describe crawling close to the ground.

Conjugation of åla (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	åla		ålas
Supine	ålat		ålats
Imperative	åla		—
Imper. plural¹	ålen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	ålar	ålade	ålas	ålades
Ind. plural¹	åla	ålade	ålas	ålades
Subjunctive²	åle	ålade	åles	ålades
	Participles
Present participle	ålande
Past participle	ålad
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.