ROJA

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    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) - 8b, 8d, 13i, 14e-2

    Verb

    ROJA (to row: inf.) - 14e-1, 16b

    ROJANDE (rowing/to row: inf.) - 19e

    ROJADON (rowed: past plural) - 14c

    Fragments

    8b. Wodin and the Magus

    [056/15] EN HÉR FON DRISTA [20] FINNA GVNGON AS ROJAR MITHA.

    accompanied by an army of daring Finns as rowers.

    8d. 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.

    13i. Apollania’s Journey

    [110/10] THÀT WÉRON SWARTE ÀND BRUNA MÀNNISKA THÉR THJANATH HÉDE TO ROJAR VMBE THA BUTA.FÁRAR TO HONK [15] TO HELPANE.

    [Those were] black and brown men who had served as rowers to help the sea voyagers come home.

    14c. 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.

    14e. Demetrius and Friso

    [128/25] WI NE [30] 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.

    16b. Friso: Alliances

    [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,

    19e. How Punishment Came

    [207/20] THA LÉDLIKSTA ÀND SWARTSTE [25] WRDON AN BORD HALDEN VMBE VPPA THA BENKA TO ROJANDE.

    the unsightliest and swarthiest were kept on board to row on the benches.

    Note

    • [144/05] JUD SEND THA HÛSKES AL HÛSA THÉR [10] AN RÉJA STÁN. today, the huts have given way to neat rows of houses.