Róðer

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - róðer

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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róðer
n. An oar, a rudder (i. e. an oar for steering) :-- Róðr tonsa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 122, 48. Róthor, Ep. Gl. 26 d, 29. Róðer remus, Wrt. Voc. i. 73. 77. Róðres blæd palmula, 48, 15. Ne mæg scip nó stille gestondan, búton hit ankor gehæbbe, oððe mon mid róðrum ongeán tió (pull against the stream with oars), Past. 58; Swt, 445. 13. [O. H. Ger. ruodar remus, palmula, clavus, gubernaculum.]

Related words: scip-, steór-róðer, ge-réðru. roðer,roþer

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