røra

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "rora"

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse hrœra, from Proto-Germanic *hrōzijaną, cognate with Danish røre, German rühren (“to stir”).

Pronunciation

Verb

røra (third person singular past indicative rørdi, third person plural past indicative rørt, supine rørt)

  1. to touch
    hann rørir ikki brennivín - he doesn't touch alcohol
    teir rørdu okkum ikki - they didn't touched us (they did nothing to us)
    tað rørdi við hjartað - this touched the heart (was heart-rending)
  2. to move
    hann rørir hvørki lið ella lim - he moves neither joints nor limbs
    gott er veðrið, tað rørist ikki hár á høvdi
    tað rørdist ikki - it was windless
    røra seg - to be in motion
    hann sat so pinnastillur og rørdi seg (rørdist) ikki - he was so quite as a mouse, and didn't move
  3. to stir
  4. to wind

Conjugation

Conjugation of røra (group v-1)
infinitive røra
supine rørt
participle (a7)1 rørandi rørdur
present past
first singular røri rørdi
second singular rørir rørdi
third singular rørir rørdi
plural røra rørdu
imperative
singular rør!
plural rørið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Derived terms

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

røra n

  1. definite plural of rør

røra m or f or n

  1. definite feminine singular of røre
  2. definite neuter plural of røre

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

røra f

  1. definite singular of røre

Verb

røra (present tense rører, past tense rørte, past participle rørt, passive infinitive rørast, present participle rørande, imperative rør)

  1. alternative form of røre

References

Old Norse

Verb

røra

  1. first-person singular past indicative/subjunctive active of róa

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse hrœra, from Proto-Germanic *hrōzijaną.

Verb

rø̄ra

  1. to stir
  2. to move, set in motion

Conjugation

Conjugation of rø̄ra (weak)
present past
infinitive rø̄ra —
participle rø̄randi, rø̄rande rø̄rþer
active voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk rø̄rir rø̄ri, rø̄re —   rø̄rþi, rø̄rþe rø̄rþi, rø̄rþe
þū rø̄rir rø̄ri, rø̄re rø̄r rø̄rþi, rø̄rþe rø̄rþi, rø̄rþe
han rø̄rir rø̄ri, rø̄re —   rø̄rþi, rø̄rþe rø̄rþi, rø̄rþe
vīr rø̄rum, rø̄rom rø̄rum, rø̄rom rø̄rum, rø̄rom rø̄rþum, rø̄rþom rø̄rþum, rø̄rþom
īr rø̄rin rø̄rin rø̄rin rø̄rþin rø̄rþin
þēr rø̄ra rø̄rin —   rø̄rþu, rø̄rþo rø̄rþin
mediopassive voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk rø̄ris rø̄ris, rø̄res —   rø̄rþis, rø̄rþes rø̄rþis, rø̄rþes
þū rø̄ris rø̄ris, rø̄res —   rø̄rþis, rø̄rþes rø̄rþis, rø̄rþes
han rø̄ris rø̄ris, rø̄res —   rø̄rþis, rø̄rþes rø̄rþis, rø̄rþes
vīr rø̄rums, rø̄roms rø̄rums, rø̄roms —   rø̄rþums, rø̄rþoms rø̄rþums, rø̄rþoms
īr rø̄rins rø̄rins —   rø̄rþins rø̄rþins
þēr rø̄ras rø̄rins —   rø̄rþus, rø̄rþos rø̄rþins

Descendants

  • Swedish: röra

Scanian

Pronunciation

Noun

røra n (definite singular rørað, plural røren, definite plural rørenen)

  1. (anatomy) groin

Synonyms

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia