were roving
Past progressive conjugation of rove. There are other translations for this conjugation.

rove

Next day the dwarves all went wandering off in various directions; some were exercising the ponies down below, some were roving about the mountain-side.
Al día siguiente los enanos se dispersaron en varias direcciones; algunos estaban entrenando a los poneys allá abajo, otros erraban por la ladera de la montaña.
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