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ród

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
ród, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§367;
a rod, pole. v. segl-ród.
a measure of land
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  • Se haga is fram ðære eá eástwardes .xxviii. róda lang and súþwardes .xxiiii. róda brád and eft ðanon westwardes on sæferne .xix. róda long,

      Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 150, 6-9.
a cross, rood (as in Holy-
rood)
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  • Ðeós ród

    haec crux,

      Ælfc. Gr. 9, 67; Som. 14, 8.
  • Ród crux vel

    staurus,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 52.
  • Wítestengces, róde eculei, róde

    gabuli,

      Hpt. 478, 70-74.
  • Ic bidde ðé for ðære hálegan róde tácne,

      Bt. 42; Fox 260, 3.
  • Hé hine gesénade mid Cristes róde tácne

    signans se signo sanctae crucis,

      Bd. 4, 24; S. 599, 6.
  • Hí mearcodon mid blóde Tau, ðæt is róde tácen,

      Homl. Th. ii. 266, 8.
  • Se Hǽlend róde tácen ofer Adam geworhte,

      Nicod. 32; Thw. 17, 29.
  • Ðæt gé sceolan þurh ðæt treów mýnre róde oferswýðan ðone deáþ,

      Thw. 17, 21.
  • Sige forgeaf cyning ælmihtig þurh his róde treó,

      Elen. Kmbl. 294; El. 147.
  • Ðá gefæstnodon Judéi hine róde gealgan ... Mancynna ealdor ðære róde gealgan underféng,

      Homl. Th. i. 588, 16-19.
  • Hǽt Pharao ðé áhón on róde (

    in cruce

    ),
      Gen. 40, 19.
  • Gá nyþer of ðære róde,

      Mt. Kmbl. 27, 40.
  • Ðone hig nýddon ðæt hé bǽre hys róde,

      27, 32 : Jn. Skt. 19, 17.
  • Hé ðǽr þreó métte róde ætsomne,

      Elen. Kmbl. 1665; El. 834.
a crucifix. v. sweor-ród.
Etymology
[O. Sax. róda a cross : O. Frs. róde patibulum : O. L. Ger. ruoda virga; rood (a measure) : Icel. róða a rood, crucifix : O. H. Ger. ruota virga.]
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v. wearh-, wyn-ród.
Linked entries
v.  róde-tácen coc-ród.
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