Faroese

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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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

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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

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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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

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Noun

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røra f

  1. definite singular of røre

Verb

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

  1. alternative form of røre

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Old Norse

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Verb

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røra

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

Old Swedish

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Etymology

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

Verb

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rø̄ra

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

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Swedish: röra

Scanian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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

  1. (anatomy) groin

Synonyms

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