roer

From Dutch roer, roeder, from Middle Dutch roeder, from Old Dutch *ruother, from Proto-Germanic *rōþrą.

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roer (plural roers, diminutive roertjie)

1. A rifle, a gun.
2. A rudder.

• royer

Inherited from Latin rōdere, from Proto-Indo-European *rōd-, contracted o-grade form of *reh₁d- (“to gnaw, scrape, scratch”).

roer

1. to gnaw (to bite something persistently)

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

From ro (“to row”) +‎ -er.

• IPA^(key): /roːər/, [ˈʁoːˀɐ]

roer c (singular definite roeren, plural indefinite roere)

1. rower
2. oarsman, oarswoman

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /roːər/, [ˈʁoːɐ]

roer c

1. indefinite plural of roe (“beet, rutabaga, turnip”)

• IPA^(key): /rur/, [ruːr]

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• Hyphenation: roer
• Rhymes: -ur

From a contraction of earlier roeder, from Middle Dutch roeder, from Old Dutch *ruother, from Proto-West Germanic *rōþr, from Proto-Germanic *rōþrą.

Cognate with West Frisian roer, German Ruder, English rudder.

roer n (plural roeren, diminutive roertje n)

1. a boat's wheel
2. a rudder, device to steer a vessel
3. (figuratively) (used absolutely, with the definite article: het roer) control

   aan het roer staan — to have (situation, etc.) under control, to be in charge

• roerganger
• roerwiel

• Afrikaans: roer
• → Russian: руль (rulʹ)
  • → Armenian: ռուլ (ṙul)
  • → Azerbaijani: rul
  • → Georgian: რული (ruli)
  • → Kazakh: рөл (röl)
  • → Persian: رل (rol)

From Middle Dutch roer, from Proto-Germanic *rauzą (“tube”). Cognate with German Rohr. The modern Dutch -oe- instead of expected -oo- is unexplained.

roer n (plural roeren, diminutive roertje n)

1. (historical) light musket, matchlock gun

   Synonym: vuurroer

• blaasroer
• roerdrager
• vuurroer

• Afrikaans: roer
• Jersey Dutch: rûr
• Negerhollands: roer, ru

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

roer

1. inflection of roeren:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

From Old Galician-Portuguese roer, inherited from Latin rōdere, from Proto-Indo-European *rōd-, contracted o-grade form of *reh₁d- (“to gnaw, scrape, scratch”).

• IPA^(key): /roˈeɾ/

roer (first-person singular present roio, first-person singular preterite roín, past participle roído)
roer (first-person singular present roo, first-person singular preterite roim or roí, past participle roído, reintegrationist norm)

1. (transitive) to gnaw, to nibble, to bite
   • 1555, Hernán Núñez, Refranes en Romance:

     As veces ruyn gadela roy boa correa

     Sometimes a bad bitch gnaws a good leash

   • 1697, several authors, Fiestas Minervales, Santiago: Antonio Frayz, page 34:

     Dubido do que farei / Para saír desta enfeita / Maxino roer as uñas / E bourar mui ben na testa

     I'm dubious on what to do / To exit of this preparation / I imagine myself biting my nails / And ably beating my head

   • 1862, Manuel Magariños, Ferro-carril Compostelano:

     Cada vez a cousa engorda,
     como que incha a ollos vistos,
     Pro, si incha, non estoura;
     como o pelexo enteirizo
     da castaña agüenta e fofa
     pra levála o enemincho;
     Cando máis, si algo rebenta,
     e arregaña, é o ourizo,
     pra guindar limpa a castaña
     e roer fruto tan rico

     The thing grows at every time,
     as it swells in plain sight,
     but, although it swells, it does not burst;
     as the one-piece peel
     of the soft watery chestnuts
     you take to an enemy;
     at most, if something pops
     and cracks is the burr,
     to throw clean the chestnut
     and nibble such a rich fruit

2. (transitive) to corrode

• hai que roelo (“we/you/they must endure it”, literally “(you/we) should gnaw it”)

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “roer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “roer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “roer”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “roer”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From ro (“row”) +‎ -er.

roer m (definite singular roeren, indefinite plural roere, definite plural roerne)

1. an oarsman, rower

roer

1. present of roe

• “roer” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese roer, from Latin rōdere, from Proto-Indo-European *rōd-, contracted o-grade form of *reh₁d- (“to gnaw, scrape, scratch”).

• Hyphenation: ro‧er

roer (first-person singular present roo, first-person singular preterite roí, past participle roído)

1. to gnaw
   • 1917, Raul Brandão, Húmus, 2ª edição

     Ouço sempre o mesmo ruido de morte que devagar roe e persiste...

     I always hear the same slowly gnawing and persistent noise of death...

   O rato está roendo. ― The mouse is gnawing.

• osso duro de roer

• roedor
• corroer

Inherited from Old Spanish roer, inherited from Latin rōdere, from Proto-Indo-European *rōd-, contracted o-grade form of *reh₁d- (“gnaw, scrape, scratch”). Related to English rodent.

• IPA^(key): /roˈeɾ/ [roˈeɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: ro‧er

roer (first-person singular present roo or roigo or royo, first-person singular preterite roí, past participle roído)

1. to gnaw
2. to pick at
3. to wear down

• “roer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28