# rove
## English
### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ɹəʊv/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /ɹoʊv/
* Rhymes: -əʊv

### Etymology 1

Probably from Middle English *roven, a Midlands variant of Northern Middle English raven (“to wander”), from Old Norse ráfa (“to rove; stray about”). Cognate with Icelandic ráfa (“to wander”), Scots rave (“to wander; stray; roam”).

#### Verb

rove (third-person singular simple present roves, present participle roving, simple past and past participle roved)
* (obsolete, intransitive) To shoot with arrows (at).
** 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:And thou […] that with thy cruell dart / At that good knight so cunningly didst roue […]
* (intransitive) To roam, or wander about at random, especially over a wide area.
** 1912 October, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Tarzan of the Apes”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., →OCLC; republished as chapter 1, in Tarzan of the Apes, New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, 1914 June, →OCLC:Now that he was in his prime, there was no simian in all the mighty forest through which he roved that dared contest his right to rule, nor did the other and larger animals molest him.
** 1985, Shane MacGowan (lyrics and music), “A Pair of Brown Eyes”, in Rum Sodomy & the Lash, performed by The Pogues:And a rovin’, a rovin’, a rovin’ I'll go / For a pair of brown eyes
* (transitive) To roam or wander through.
** 1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:Roving the field, I chanced / A goodly tree far distant to behold.
* (transitive) To card wool or other fibres.
** 1835, Andrew Ure, The Philosophy of Manufacturers:Although both [flax and wool] must be roved and spun upon similar principles, each requires peculiar modifications in its machinery.
* To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.
* To draw through an eye or aperture.
* To plough into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together.
* To practice robbery on the seas; to voyage about on the seas as a pirate.
** 1589, Richard Hakluyt, The Principall Navigations, Voiages, and Discoveries of the English Nation, […], London: […] George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, deputies to Christopher Barker, […], →OCLC:pirates, roving up and downe the sea

##### Derived terms

* rover
* roved
* roving

##### Related terms

* reeve

##### Translations
#### Noun

rove (plural roves)
* A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boatbuilding.
* A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and lightly twisted, preparatory to further processing; a roving.
* The act of wandering; a ramble.
** 1745, [Edward Young], “Night the Ninth and Last. The Consolation. Containing, among Other Things, I. A Moral Survey of the Nocturnal Heavens. II. A Night-Address to the Deity. […]”, in The Complaint: Or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality, London: […] [Samuel Richardson] for A[ndrew] Millar […], and R[obert] Dodsley […], published 1750, →OCLC, page 318:In thy nocturnal rove one moment halt.

##### Derived terms

* rove beetle

### Etymology 2

Inflected forms.

#### Verb

rove
* simple past of rive
* simple past of reeve

### Anagrams

* -vore, Over, Vore, over, over-, vore

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

rove
* (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of roven

### Anagrams

* over, Voer, voer

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *robëh (compare Ingrian rove, Karelian roveh, Veps robeh). Probably derived from the onomatopoeic root of ropista.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈroʋeˣ/, [ˈro̞ʋe̞(ʔ)]
* Rhymes: -oʋe
* Hyphenation: ro‧ve

### Noun

rove
* Small container made of birch bark.
    Synonyms: kosio, ropponen, tuokkonen
** 1891, Juhana Kokko, Kruunun Metsissä, →ISBN:Sillä välin hän sitoi haavansa, otti sitten ropeen, joi raikasta vettä ja varustausi matkalle.In the meanwhile, he dressed his wounds before taking a rove, drinking fresh water and preparing for the trip.
* (by extension) A container of similar size but any material, when used to store mämmi (a traditional fasting dish).
** 2016 March 27, Teemu Stubin, “Juha Miedon mämmiurakka lähti käsistä: Yli 48 000 kilokalorin pommi!”, in Iltalehti:24 rovetta oli jätetty tuohon oven eteen, Mieto kertoo.24 roves had been left right there before my door, explains Mieto.

#### Declension

Possessive forms of rove (Kotus type 48*E/hame, p-v gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ropeeni
ropeeni
accusative
nom.
ropeeni
ropeeni
gen.
ropeeni
genitive
ropeeni
ropeideni ropeitteni
partitive
rovettani
ropeitani
inessive
ropeessani
ropeissani
elative
ropeestani
ropeistani
illative
ropeeseeni
ropeisiini ropeihini
adessive
ropeellani
ropeillani
ablative
ropeeltani
ropeiltani
allative
ropeelleni
ropeilleni
essive
ropeenani
ropeinani
translative
ropeekseni
ropeikseni
abessive
ropeettani
ropeittani
instructive
comitative
—ropeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ropeesi
ropeesi
accusative
nom.
ropeesi
ropeesi
gen.
ropeesi
genitive
ropeesi
ropeidesi ropeittesi
partitive
rovettasi
ropeitasi
inessive
ropeessasi
ropeissasi
elative
ropeestasi
ropeistasi
illative
ropeeseesi
ropeisiisi ropeihisi
adessive
ropeellasi
ropeillasi
ablative
ropeeltasi
ropeiltasi
allative
ropeellesi
ropeillesi
essive
ropeenasi
ropeinasi
translative
ropeeksesi
ropeiksesi
abessive
ropeettasi
ropeittasi
instructive
comitative
—ropeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ropeemme
ropeemme
accusative
nom.
ropeemme
ropeemme
gen.
ropeemme
genitive
ropeemme
ropeidemme ropeittemme
partitive
rovettamme
ropeitamme
inessive
ropeessamme
ropeissamme
elative
ropeestamme
ropeistamme
illative
ropeeseemme
ropeisiimme ropeihimme
adessive
ropeellamme
ropeillamme
ablative
ropeeltamme
ropeiltamme
allative
ropeellemme
ropeillemme
essive
ropeenamme
ropeinamme
translative
ropeeksemme
ropeiksemme
abessive
ropeettamme
ropeittamme
instructive
comitative
—ropeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ropeenne
ropeenne
accusative
nom.
ropeenne
ropeenne
gen.
ropeenne
genitive
ropeenne
ropeidenne ropeittenne
partitive
rovettanne
ropeitanne
inessive
ropeessanne
ropeissanne
elative
ropeestanne
ropeistanne
illative
ropeeseenne
ropeisiinne ropeihinne
adessive
ropeellanne
ropeillanne
ablative
ropeeltanne
ropeiltanne
allative
ropeellenne
ropeillenne
essive
ropeenanne
ropeinanne
translative
ropeeksenne
ropeiksenne
abessive
ropeettanne
ropeittanne
instructive
comitative
—ropeinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ropeensa
ropeensa
accusative
nom.
ropeensa
ropeensa
gen.
ropeensa
genitive
ropeensa
ropeidensa ropeittensa
partitive
rovettaan rovettansa
ropeitaan ropeitansa
inessive
ropeessaan ropeessansa
ropeissaan ropeissansa
elative
ropeestaan ropeestansa
ropeistaan ropeistansa
illative
ropeeseensa
ropeisiinsa ropeihinsa
adessive
ropeellaan ropeellansa
ropeillaan ropeillansa
ablative
ropeeltaan ropeeltansa
ropeiltaan ropeiltansa
allative
ropeelleen ropeellensa
ropeilleen ropeillensa
essive
ropeenaan ropeenansa
ropeinaan ropeinansa
translative
ropeekseen ropeeksensa
ropeikseen ropeiksensa
abessive
ropeettaan ropeettansa
ropeittaan ropeittansa
instructive
comitative
—ropeineen ropeinensa :

#### Derived terms

* ropeellinen
* mämmirove
* tuohirove

### References

* ↑ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

### Further reading

* “rove”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* vero

## Ingrian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *robëh. Cognates include Finnish rove and Veps robeh.

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈroʋe/, [ˈro̞ʋe̞]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈroʋe/, [ˈro̞ʋe̞]
* Rhymes: -oʋe
* Hyphenation: ro‧ve

### Noun

rove
* small basket made of birch bark

#### Declension
### References

* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 487