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Grammar : Noun |
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Phonetic Transcription : rud |
Définition of rood
Origin :- Old English rod "pole," varying from 6 to 8 yards; also "cross," especially that upon which Christ suffered; "crucifix," especially a large one; also a measure of land, properly 40 square poles or perches, from Proto-Germanic *rod- (cf. Old Saxon ruoda "stake, pile, cross," Old Frisian rode, Middle Dutch roede, Old High German ruota, German Rute "rod"), from PIE *ret- "post" (cf. Latin ratis "raft," retae "trees standing on the bank of a stream;" Old Church Slavonic ratiste "spear, staff;" Lithuanian rekles "scaffolding"). Probably not connected with rod.
- As in crucifix : noun cross
- Awhile after she suddenly demanded, "Don't you think Miss Rood looks like me?"
- Extract from : « A Summer Evening's Dream » by Edward Bellamy
- Every rood of this region had been in possession of that humming army over there.
- Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
- Then lifting again the rood, he turned away, and with him went the Norman.
- Extract from : « Harold, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- The night of Good Friday, three weeks past, he had a vision of the Rood.
- Extract from : « Long Will » by Florence Converse
- One of the most famous of these relics was the rood of Dovercourt.
- Extract from : « The Law of Civilization and Decay » by Brooks Adams
- It was from the town of Dedham, to the place where the filthy Rood stood, ten miles.
- Extract from : « The Law of Civilization and Decay » by Brooks Adams
- So he bade her tell her brothers that he should meet them at the Rood.
- Extract from : « The Pillars of the House, Vol. II (of 2) » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- Marilda undertook the care of the children at the Rood, but she could not get on with them.
- Extract from : « The Pillars of the House, Vol. II (of 2) » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- The rood loft was now pulled down, and sold as old timber for 3s.
- Extract from : « Notes and Queries for Worcestershire » by John Noake
- Every parish that could afford it seems to have had a rood loft and an organ in it.
- Extract from : « Wood Carvings in English Churches » by Francis Bond
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