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Elfdalian
Etymology
From Old Norse rauðr.
Adjective
roð
- red
Inflection
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Faroese
Etymology
From rotin, referring to the sheepskin being plucked after becoming slightly rotten.
Pronunciation
Noun
roð n (genitive singular roðs, plural roð)
- sheepskin without wool
- spot on a sheepskin without wool
- (rare) sheepskin with wool
- (proverb) eyðkendur er úlvur í roði
- distinctive is the wolf in sheepskin (a wolf in sheep's clothing)
- (archaic) fish skin
Declension
References
- ^ Lockwood, W. B. (1985). Føroysk-Ensk ordabók: with Faroese folk-lore and proverbs : and a section by W.B. Lockwood on Faroese pronunciation. Austria: Mansk-Svenska Publishing Company, p. 463
- ^ Ro in: Jens Christian Svabo: Dictionarium Færoense : Færøsk-dansk-latinsk ordbog. (ed. Christian Matras after manuscripts from late 18th century). Copenhagen: Munksgaard, 1966. (p. 667)
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse roð.
Pronunciation
Noun
roð n (genitive singular roðs, nominative plural roð)
- fishskin
Declension