"rood" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɹuːd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rood.wav [Southern-England] Forms: roods [plural]
Rhymes: -uːd Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*reh₁t-}}, {{inh|en|enm|rode|id=cross}} Middle English rode, {{m|enm|rood|id=cross|t=cross}} rood (“cross”), {{inh|en|ang|rōd||cross}} Old English rōd (“cross”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*rōdō}} Proto-Germanic *rōdō, {{m|gem-pro|*rōdǭ||rod, pole}} *rōdǭ (“rod, pole”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*rōt-}} Proto-Indo-European *rōt-, {{m|ine-pro|*reh₁t-||bar, beam, stem}} *reh₁t- (“bar, beam, stem”), {{cog|de|Rute||rod, cane, pole}} German Rute (“rod, cane, pole”), {{cog|no|roda||rod}} Norwegian roda (“rod”), {{m|en|cross}} cross, {{m|en|rod}} rod Head templates: {{en-noun}} rood (plural roods)
  1. (archaic) A crucifix, cross, especially in a church. Tags: archaic Translations (crucifix): kruis [neuter] (Dutch), krusifiksi (Finnish), распе́тие (raspétie) [neuter] (Macedonian), Thánh Giá (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-rood-en-noun-EK9J1CbK Disambiguation of 'crucifix': 91 2 3 3
  2. A measure of land area, equal to a quarter of an acre. Hypernyms (quarter of an acre): acre Hyponyms (quarter of an acre): lug, perch, fall (alt: all 1⁄40 rood) [Scottish] Translations (quarter of an acre): vergée [feminine] (French), ród [masculine] (Irish), rūri (Maori), pèrque [Jersey, feminine] (Norman)
    Sense id: en-rood-en-noun-TXHd4Pb9 Synonyms (quarter of an acre): farthingdale, day's work, daywork, farthing, ferling, farthingdeal, farthingdole, farundel, yard, rod, Scottish rood [Scottish] Synonyms (quarter of an acre; Israeli): dunam Disambiguation of 'quarter of an acre': 2 91 6 2 Disambiguation of 'quarter of an acre; Israeli': 1 90 6 3 Disambiguation of 'quarter of an acre': 2 91 6 2 Disambiguation of 'quarter of an acre': 2 91 6 2 Disambiguation of 'quarter of an acre': 2 91 6 2
  3. (Chester, historical) An area of sixty-four square yards. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-rood-en-noun-ygbkkU75
  4. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) A measure of five and a half yards in length. Tags: UK, dialectal, obsolete
    Sense id: en-rood-en-noun-pZJjtSTL Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: by the rood, holy rood, rood beam, Rood End, rood goose, rood-loft, rood screen, rood-steeple, rood-tree

Inflected forms

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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "crucifix",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kruis"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "crucifix",
      "word": "krusifiksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "raspétie",
      "sense": "crucifix",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "распе́тие"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "crucifix",
      "word": "Thánh Giá"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "quarter of an acre",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vergée"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "quarter of an acre",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ród"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "quarter of an acre",
      "word": "rūri"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "quarter of an acre",
      "tags": [
        "Jersey",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pèrque"
    }
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  "word": "rood"
}
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  "title": "rood",
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