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) - 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
[056/15] EN HÉR FON DRISTA [20] FINNA GVNGON AS ROJAR MITHA.
accompanied by an army of daring Finns as rowers.
[059/20] HJA WILDON HIM ALSA FÉLO LJVDA TO ROJAR JÉVE AS.ER JÉRDE.
they would provide him as many rowers as he required.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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,
[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.