rood

English

Etymology

From Middle English rood, from Old English rōd (“a rod, pole, rood (land measure), plot of land of a square rod, a cross, rood (as in Holy-rood), gallows, a cross on which a person is executed, death on a cross, crucifix”), from Proto-Germanic *rōdō, *rōdōn (“rod, pole”), from Proto-Indo-European *rōt-, *rāt- (“bar, beam, stem”). Cognate with German Rute (“rod, cane, pole”), Norwegian roda (“rod”). Largely displaced by cross. More at rod.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ruːd/

Noun

rood (plural roods)

1. (archaic) A crucifix, cross.
   • 1594, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark act III scene 4

     Have you forgot me?

     No, by the rood, not so.

2. A measure of land area, equal to a quarter of an acre.

Synonyms

• (quarter of an acre): farthingdale

Derived terms

• rood beam
• rood loft
• rood screen

Translations

crucifix

quarter of an acre

• French: vergée (fr) f

• Jèrriais: pèrque f

Anagrams

• door, odor, ordo

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Dutch

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Etymology

From Old Dutch *rōd, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós < *h₁rewdʰ-. Compare Low German root, rod, German rot, West Frisian read, English red, Danish rød.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -oːt

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• IPA: /roːt/

Adjective

rood (comparative roder, superlative roodst)

1. red

   Veel dakpannen zijn rood - A lot of roof tiles are red

2. (politics) labor

Declension

Declension of rood

		positive	comparative	superlative
				attributive	predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial		rood	roder
neuter singular	indefinite	rood	roder
	definite	rode	rodere	roodste	roodst, roodste
common singular		rode	rodere	roodste	roodste
plural		rode	rodere	roodste	roodste
partitive		roods	roders

Derived terms

• infrarood
• roodachtig
• roodharig

See also

• (basic colors) kleur; rood, oranje, geel, groen, blauwgroen, blauw, paars, violet, roze, bruin, wit, grijs, zwart ^{(Category: nl:Colors)}

Anagrams

• door, oord

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Volapük

Noun

rood (plural roods)

1. category

Declension

declension of rood

	singular	plural
nominative	rood	roods
genitive	rooda	roodas
dative	roode	roodes
accusative	roodi	roodis
predicative	roodu	roodus
vocative	o rood!	o roods!