róa

• Rhymes: -ouːa

From Old Norse róa, from Proto-Germanic *rōaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁-.

róa (ri-verb, third-person singular past indicative reri or réri, supine róið)

1. to row, to propel a vessel with oars
2. to sail out to fish
3. to rock backwards and forwards

• One of the four ri-verbs in Icelandic, the other being núa (“to rub, massage; to wipe”), snúa (“to turn”) and gróa (“to grow; to heal”).
• As with the other ri-verbs, the past tense reri was originally pronounced with an e sound but is today pronounced with a é sound. There are therefore two spelling variants used: reri and réri. The Icelandic Ministry of Education considers both variants to be equally correct,[1] but many speakers consider the original reri spelling to be the more correct one.

• (row): knýja árum
• (sail out to fish): róa til fiskjar
• (rock backwards and forwards): rugga

róa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative róaði, supine róað)

1. (transitive, takes the accusative) to soothe, to calm

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• róandi
• róandi lyf

• óra

From Proto-Germanic *rōaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁-.

róa

1. to row

• Icelandic: róa
• Faroese: rógva
• Norwegian: ro
• Old Swedish: rōa
  • Swedish: ro
• Danish: ro