røra

See also: rora and röra

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse hrœra.

Verb

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

1. to touch
2. to move
3. to stir
4. to wind

Usage notes

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)

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

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

• røring (motion)
• røringur (motion)

• rørligur (angry)
• rørsla (motion, movement, organisation)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• rørene
• (of røre) røren m, røret n

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

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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

• “røra” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old Norse

Verb

røra

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

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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

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Scanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʁø̀ːʁa]

  Rhymes: -ø̀ːʁa

Noun

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

1. (anatomy) groin

Synonyms

• lyvskje