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rówan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
rówan, p. reów
Wright's OE grammar
§128; §264; §266; §519;
To go by water, to row or sail
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  • Ic rówe

    navigo,

      Ælfc. Gr. 24; Som. 25, 40.

  • Ic ástíge mín scyp and rówe (

    navigo

    ) ofer sǽlíce dǽlas,
      Coll. Monast. Th. 26, 31.

  • Wérig sceal se wið winde róweþ,

      Exon. Th. 345, 12; Gn. Ex. 187.

  • Drihten tó ðam lande reów, Homl. Th. ii. 378, 31. 'Utun seglian ofer ðisne mere.' And hig seglydan ðá. Ðá hig reówun ðá slép hé (

    navigantibus illis obdormivit

    ),
      Lk. Skt. 8, 23, 26.

  • Ða óðre leorningcnihtas reówon

    navigio venerunt,

      Jn. Skt. 21, 8.

  • Hí geféngon hine and wurpon hine on ðone bát and reówan tó scipe,

      Chr. 1046; Erl. 174, 18.

  • Ðá git on sund reón, ðǽr git eagorstreám earmum þehton, mǽton merestrǽta, mundum brugdon,

      Beo. Th. 1029; B. 512.

  • Ðá wit on sund reón,

      1083; B. 539.

  • Ðonne mót hé swá rídan, swá rówan, swá swilce færelde faran swylce tó his wege gebyrige,

      L. E. I. 24; Th. ii. 420, 24.

  • Seó sǽ is hwíltídum smylte and myrige on tó rówenne,

      Homl. Th. i. 182, 32.
Etymology
[Icel. róa to row.]
Similar entries
v. be-, ofer-, óþ-rówan.
Linked entries
v.  ge-rówen.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “rówan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/26000.

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