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

   Synonym: knýja árum

   • 2025 January 17, Væb, “Róa”:

     Róandi hér, róandi þar, róa í gegnum öldurnar, það getur ekkert stoppað mig af.

     Rowing here, rowing there, rowing through the waves, nothing can stop me.

2. to sail out to fish

   Synonym: róa til fiskjar

3. to rock backwards and forwards

   Synonym: rugga

• 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.

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

1. to soothe, to calm [with accusative]

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