Old English · noun
rod
Normalised rōd
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong ō-stem
- IPA
- /roːd/
- Syllables
- roːd (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- roodexecutionmethodchristlikecrucifiedacrerodperch
Meaning
-
cross (method of execution)
-
cross (method of execution); The cross on which Christ was crucified
-
cross (method of execution); The cross on which Christ was crucified; Christlike suffering or tribulation
he munegeð uſ an oðer rode to berene...fleiſeſ lenſing.
He [God] exhorts us to bear another cross...leanness of flesh.
c. 1200 AD, “Sermon XV”, in The Lambeth Homilies, page 113 (f. 55r), lines 24–25/27: -
a measure of land length, equal to a perch
-
a measure of land area, equal to a quarter of an acre
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *rōdō. Cognate with Old Frisian rōd, Old Saxon rōda, Dutch roede (“rod”), Old High German ruota (German Rute), Old Norse róða (“rod, cross”) (Danish rode (“gauge, rod”)).
Descendants
rod, rood
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