ROJA

ROJA (verb) - to row; ROJAR (noun, plurale tantum) - rower(s)

Cognates

• rowing - English
• roeien - Dutch
• roeie - Frisian
• roei - Afrikaans
• rudern - German
• ro - Danish, Swedish, Norse
• róa - Icelandic

Varieties

Noun

• ROJAR (rowers) - K2, K3b, R6b, S3b-2

Verb

• ROJA (to row: inf.) - S3b-1, U2b
• ROJANDE (rowing/to row: inf.) - Ze
• ROJADON (rowed: past plural) - S2

Fragments

K2. Wodin

• [056/15] EN HÉR FON DRISTA FINNA GVNGON AS ROJAR MITHA — accompanied by an army of daring Finns as rowers

K3b. Tunis and the Tyrians

• [059/20] HJA WILDON HIM ALSA FÉLO LJVDA TO ROJAR JÉVE AS.ER JÉRDE — they would provide him as many rowers as he required

R6b. Apollania’s Journey

• [110/10] THÀT WÉRON SWARTE ÀND BRUNA MÀNNISKA THÉR THJANATH HÉDE TO ROJAR VMBE THA BUTA.FÁRAR TO HONK TO HELPANE. — [Those were] black and brown men who had served as rowers to help the sea voyagers come home.

S2. A Fleet Arrives

• [119/05] THÁ DÉI RÉD WÉRE ROJADON SVME MITH EN SNÁKE TO THÉRE HAVA IN — At dawn, some of them rowed into the harbor with a longboat

S3b. Demetrius and Friso

• [128/25] WI NE MACHTON HJA THUS NAVT THRUCH ROJA NI VNTKVMA — we could not escape them by rowing
• [129/25] THA OTHERA SANDON EN LICHTE SNÁKA FVL ROJAR FORUT — the other fleet sent forward a light longboat full of rowers

U2b. Danish Alliance

• [148/20] THA SÉ.LANDAR HÉDON FÉLO FON HJARA STORESTE KNÁPUM RÁWED. THI MOSTON VPPA HJARA BENKA ROJA — The Sealanders had abducted many of their sturdiest young men to row on their benches

Ze. How Punishment Came

• [207/20] THA LÉDLIKSTA ÀND SWARTSTE WRDON AN BORD HALDEN VMBE VPPA THA BENKA TO ROJANDE — the unsightliest and swarthiest were kept on board to row on the benches