rógv

• IPA^(key): [ɹɛkv]

From Old Norse ró (“calm”), from Proto-Germanic *rōō (“calm, rest”).

rógv f (genitive singular rógvar, uncountable)

1. calm, rest, quiet

From Old Norse ró, probably from Proto-Germanic *wranhō or *wrunhō.

rógv f (genitive singular rógvar, plural røur)

1. a plate with a hole in it, used under a nail

Possibly from Old Norse hróf, from Proto-Germanic *hrōfą. Compare with English roof.

rógv (only used in accusative singular, gender unknown)

1. something high up, perhaps roof or sky (exact meaning unknown; only used in the phrases halan upp í rógv, við halanum upp í rógv “with the tail up/up in the air” and similar)

• Jóhan Hendrik W. Poulsen, et al.: Føroysk orðabók. Tórshavn: Føroya Fróðskaparfelag 1998. (rógv)
• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)