rood
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rood¹
- /ɹuːd/
Sounds like rude · Rhymes with -uːd
Where it comes from
From Middle English rode, rood (“cross”), from Old English rōd (“cross”), from Proto-Germanic *rōdō, *rōdǭ (“rod, pole”), from Proto-Indo-European *rōt-, *reh₁t- (“bar, beam, stem”).
Cognate with German Rute (“rod, cane, pole”), Norwegian roda (“rod”). Largely displaced by cross. More at rod.
noun roods
- A crucifix, cross, especially in a church. The Citizens in their rage, imagining that euery poſt in the Churche had bin one of yᵉ Souldyers, ſhot habbe or nabbe at randon^([sic – meaning random]) uppe to the Roode lofte, and to the Chancell, leauing ſome of theyr arrowes ſticking in the Images.
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A measure of land area, equal to a quarter of an acre.
Next a marsh, it would seem, and now mere earth / Desperate and done with; (so a fool finds mirth, / Makes a thing and then mars it, till his mood / Changes and off he goes!) within a rood— / Bog, clay and rubble, sand and stark black dearth.
Similar: farthingdale, day's work, daywork, farthing, ferling, farthingdeal, farthingdole, farundel, yard, rod, Scottish rood, dunam
- An area of sixty-four square yards.
- A measure of five and a half yards in length. Thus Satan […] his other parts besides / Prone on the flood, extended long and large, / Lay floating many a rood […]
- The human face. Nou goth sonne under wode,— Me reweth, Marie, thi faire Rode. Nou goth sonne under tre,—
Rood²
proper noun Roods
- A surname.
Translations
Talk about this word "rood." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/rood. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. rood. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/rood "rood." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/rood.Cite this
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title = {rood},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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