röja

• rödja (dated)
• röda (obsolete)
• rydda (dated, dialectal)

From Old Swedish rydhia, from Old Norse ryðja, from Proto-Germanic *rudjaną.

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röja (present röjer, preterite röjde, supine röjt, imperative röj)

2. (sometimes intransitively with upp) to remove (natural) obstacles, to clear

   De röjde mark för huset som skulle byggas

   They cleared land for the house that was to be built

3. to (accidentally) reveal (secret) information, to betray

   Han röjde min hemlighet

   He betrayed my secret

   Jag råkade röja basens position

   I accidentally revealed the location of the base

4. (colloquial) to party hard or engage in other intense (and possibly violent) activity
   • 1999, Johan Halleröd, Fredde Granberg, Tomas Claesson, Marko Lehtosalo, “Sola och bada i Piña Colada [Sunbathing and Swimming in Piña Colada]”‎^[1]performed by Markoolio [portmanteau of his first name Marko and the stage name of American rapper Coolio]; Jemma Myrberg:

     Sola och bada i Piña Colada. På sommaren är livet som bäst. Alla blir glada av Piña Colada. Man röjer och hånglar på fest.

     Sunbathing and swimming in Piña Colada [[To] sunbathe and swim in Piña Colada]. In the summer, life is at its best. Piña Colada makes everyone happy [Everyone becomes happy from Piña Colada]. You go wild and make out at parties ["at party" – while at a party].

Sometimes ironically of cleaning very messy rooms and the like in (sense 1).

• minröjare
• minröjning
• röjsåg (“brushcutter, clearing saw”)
• undanröja
• röja undan

• -ryd
• röj
• uppröjning

• röja in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• röja in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• röja in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)