rood

Meaning

Noun

• A crucifix, cross, especially in a church.
• A measure of land area, equal to a quarter of an acre.
• An area of sixty-four square yards.
• A measure of five and a half yards in length.

Related

Similar words

• farthingdale, day's work, daywork, farthing, ferling, farthingdeal, farthingdole, farundel, yard, rod, (Scottish) Scottish rood, (Israeli) dunam

Narrower meaning words

• lug, perch, (now chiefly Scottish) fall (all rood)

Broader meaning words

• See acre

Origin

• From Middle English rode, rood, from Old English rōd ("cross"), from Proto-Germanic *rōdō, *rōdǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *rōt-, *reh₁t-.
• Cognate with German Rute ("rod, cane, pole"), Norwegian roda ("rod"). Largely displaced by cross. More at rod.