rå

• IPA^(key): [ˈʁɔˀ]
• Rhymes: -ɑː

From Old Norse hrár, from Proto-Germanic *hrawaz, cognate with English raw, German roh.

rå (neuter råt, plural and definite singular attributive rå)

1. raw (uncooked; untreated; rough or uneven)
2. crude (being in a natural state; statistics: in an unanalyzed form)
3. rough (crude; unrefined)
4. coarse (not refined)
5. brutal (crude or unfeeling in manner or speech)
6. tough (rowdy or rough)

From Old Norse rá, from Proto-Germanic *raihô, *raihą, cognate with English roe, German Reh. Cf. Proto-Norse ᚱᚨᛇᚺᚨᚾ (raïhan) written on the 5th-century Caistor-by-Norwich astragalus.

rå c (singular definite råen, plural indefinite råer)

1. roe (deer, particularly the female)

From Old Norse rá, from Proto-Germanic *rahō, cognate with Middle Low German rā, German Rah.

rå c (singular definite råen, plural indefinite ræer)

1. (nautical) yard

• “rå” in Den Danske Ordbog

• IPA^(key): /ɾoː/

From Old Norse hrár.

rå (neuter singular rått, definite singular and plural råe or rå, comparative råere, indefinite superlative råest, definite superlative råeste)

1. raw

From Old Norse rá.

rå m or f (definite singular råa or råen, indefinite plural rær, definite plural rærne)

1. (nautical) a yard (spar for a sail)

• råseil

• “rå” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /roː/

From Old Norse hrár, from Proto-Germanic *hrawaz. Akin to English raw and German roh.

• raa (obsolete spelling)

rå (neuter singular rått, definite singular and plural rå or råe, comparative råare, indefinite superlative råast, definite superlative råaste)

1. raw
2. crude
3. brutal

From Old Norse ráða, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaną (“to decide, advice”). Akin to English read.

• råda, råde (long forms)
• raa, raada (obsolete spelling, short and long forms)

rå (present tense rår, past tense rådde, supine rådd or rådt, past participle rådd, present participle rådande, imperative rå)

1. to rule, reign
2. to advise

• råd

rå på eit seglskip (a sailing yard)

From Old Norse rá f.

• raa (obsolete typography)

rå f (definite singular råa, indefinite plural rær, definite plural rærne)

1. a thin rod used in a drying rack
2. (nautical, sailing) a yard (spar for a sail)

rå m (plural råen)

1. a stock or stook of grain around a pole

   Synonym: kornstaur

From Old Norse *rá (attested in Old Norse rámerki (“line, border”)), from Proto-Germanic *raihō (“line, row”). Cognate with Old Swedish rå.

• raa (obsolete typography)

rå f (definite singular råa, indefinite plural rær, definite plural rærne)

1. a borderstone or another object which is used to mark a border or boundary

ei rå som ligg

From Old Norse rá, from Proto-Norse ᚱᚨᛇᚺᚨᚾ (raïhan), from Proto-Germanic *raihô, *raihą (“deer”). Akin to English roe as in roe deer.

rå f (definite singular råa, indefinite plural råer, definite plural råene)

1. a female roe deer

• råbukk
• rådyr

Cognate with Swedish rå (“fairy”).

rå f (definite singular råa, indefinite plural råer, definite plural råene)

1. (folklore, rare) a wight

   Synonym: vette

• bergrå
• skogsrå
• vassrå

• “rå” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• Skard, Matias (1901) “raa”, in Landsmaals-ordlista med rettleiding um skrivemaaten (in Norwegian Nynorsk), Kristiania: Aschehoug, page 71
• Ivar Aasen (1850) “Raa/raa”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog‎ (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000

• år

• IPA^(key): /roː/, [r̪oə̯]

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From Old Swedish rar, from Old Norse hrár, from Proto-Germanic *hrawaz, from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂-.

rå (comparative råare, superlative råast)

1. raw (uncooked; untreated; rough or uneven)
2. crude (being in a natural state; statistics: in an unanalyzed form)
3. rough (crude; unrefined)
4. coarse (not refined)
5. brutal (crude or unfeeling in manner or speech)
6. tough (rowdy or rough)
7. (weather) moist and cold

   Synonym: råkall

• (brutal): hårdkokt

• råskinn
• råkurr

From Old Norse rá (“sailyard, pole for drying fish”), from Proto-Germanic *rahō, cognate with Middle Low German rā, German Rah.

rå c

1. (nautical) a yard, a stick, a beam

Apocope of råda

rå (present rår, preterite rådde, supine rått, imperative rå)

1. Alternative form of råda, synonym of bestämma (in the "(get to) decide" sense)

   Älgen rår över skogen

   The moose rules the forest

   Hon måste få rå över sina egen pengar

   She must be allowed to do what she wants with / manage ("decide over") her own money

• rå för (“help (have control over)”)

Dialectal råd, rådi, from råda (“to rule”).

rå c or n

1. a fairy (mythical being)

• bergsrå
• gårdsrå
• kvarnrå
• skogsrå

From Old Norse rá, from Proto-Germanic *raihô, *raihą, cognate to German Rah, Rahe.

rå c or n

1. a roe, a female deer

• råbock
• rådjur
• råget
• råkid

From Old Norse rá (“landmark”).

rå c or n

1. a border (between two land properties)

• rågång
• råmärke
• rå och rör

• rå in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• rå in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• rå in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)