rode
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: rōd, IPA(key): /ˈɹəʊd/
- (US) enPR: rōd, IPA(key): /ˈɹoʊd/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /rod/
- Homophones: Rhode, road (general), rowed (except Scotland)
- Rhymes: -əʊd
Etymology 1
Verb
rode
- simple past of ride
- (now colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of ride
- 1662, John Baxter, A Saint Or a Brute […] [1], page 26:
- No doubt many a journey you have rode and gone, and many a hard daies labour you have taken, and ſharpened perhaps with care and grief […]
- 1827 [1780], Francis Asbury, The Journal of the Rev. Francis Asbury […] [2], volume II:
- We dined at Martin's, and then came on to father Low's: we have rode but eight miles this day.
Etymology 2
Verb
rode (third-person singular simple present rodes, present participle roding, simple past and past participle roded)
- (ornithology) Of a male woodcock, to fly back and forth over the edge of a woodland while calling; to perform its, typically crepuscular, mating flight.
- 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 85:
- "When the sun rises we shall have some splendid play. Only hear the woodcock, how he is roading; he expects fine weather."
Etymology 3
Noun
rode (plural rodes)
Synonyms
Translations
Etymology 4
Noun
rode (plural rodes)
- Obsolete form of road.
- 1544 October 23, Lord Evre, Letters:
- Thomas Carlysle, &c. rode a Forrey to Dunglas, and there seased and brought away 80 Nolt, 200 Shepe, 22 Naggs. A Rode made to a Stede called the Hayrebed, and there they gate 30 Nolt, 3 or 4 Naggs.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: […] [Richard Field] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, stanza 8, page 461:
- There dwelt a ſaluage nation, which did liue / Of ſtealth and ſpoile, and making nightly rode / Into their neighbours borders […]
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel 27:10, column 1:
- And Achiſh said, Whither haue ye made a rode to day? And Dauid said, Againſt the South of Iudah, and againſt the South of the Ierahmeelites, and againſt the South of the Kenites.
Anagrams
Alemannic German
Pronunciation
Verb
rode (third-person singular simple present rodt, past participle grodt, auxiliary haa)
- (transitive, reflexive) to move, stir
- 1908, Meinrad Lienert, ’s Heiwili, I.5:
- Äs stoht im Stubli, rod't si nüd.
- 1908, Meinrad Lienert, ’s Heiwili, I.5:
References
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 35.
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
rode
Danish
Pronunciation
Noun
rode c (singular definite roden, plural indefinite roder)
Declension
Verb
rode (imperative rod, infinitive at rode, present tense roder, past tense rodede, perfect tense har rodet)
References
- “rode” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Adjective
rode
- inflection of rood:
Anagrams
French
Verb
rode
- inflection of roder:
Anagrams
Galician
Verb
rode
- inflection of rodar:
German
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Verb
rode
- inflection of roden:
Anagrams
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
Verb
rode
- to guess
Further reading
Italian
Verb
rode
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
rōde
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English rōd, from Proto-West Germanic *rōdu, from Proto-Germanic *rōdō. The final vowel is generalised from the Old English inflected forms.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
- A cross or gibbet
- The cross on which Christ was crucified, and derived uses such as:
- A crucifix
- Christlike torment, suffering, or tribulation, as in "an oðer rode to berene" (another cross to bear)
- A rod, pole, or bar
- A quarter of an acre; a rood
- In place names: a woodland clearing.
Descendants
References
- “rọ̄de, n.(5).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-04.
- “road, Etymology, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2023.
- Hanks, Patrick (2022) Dictionary of American Family Names, second edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, s.v. Rhode (no pagination)
- Room, Adrian (1988) Dictionary of place-names in the British Isles, London: Bloomsbury, →ISBN, s.v. Blackrod(p. 42)
- Joseph Bosworth (1921) Thomas Northcote Toller, editor, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary: Supplement, Oxford: Clarendon Press, s.v. rōd(pp. 689–690)
Etymology 2
From Old English rād, from Proto-West Germanic *raidu, from Proto-Germanic *raidō. The final vowel is generalised from the Old English inflected forms.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “rōde, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-04.
Etymology 3
From Old English rudu.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
- ruddiness, redness
- face, appearance, visage
- Pot marigold, calendula (Calendula officinalis)
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “rōde, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-04.
- “rōde, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-04.
Etymology 4
From Old English ġerād, rād.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
rode (plural rodes)
References
- “rōde, n.(4).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-04.
Etymology 5
Noun
rode (plural roddes)
- Alternative form of rodde (“rod”)
Etymology 6
From Old English hreod.
Noun
rode (plural rodes)
- reed, a reedy place
Descendants
References
- Hanks, Patrick (2022) Dictionary of American Family Names, second edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, s.v. Rhode (no pagination)
- Hanks, Patrick (2022) Dictionary of American Family Names, second edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, s.v. Rudd (no pagination)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse roti m, from Middle Low German.
Noun
rode f (definite singular roda, indefinite plural roder, definite plural rodene)
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
- roda (a and split infinitives)
Verb
rode (present tense rodar, past tense roda, past participle roda, passive infinitive rodast, present participle rodande, imperative rode/rod)
- (intransitive) to shine reddish, to be red
- (transitive) to make red
- (by extension, archaic) to glaze baked goods (with raw egg yolk or milk or similar) before putting into oven
References
- “rode” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Compare German raten, Dutch raden, English read.
Verb
rode
Plautdietsch
Verb
rode
Portuguese
Verb
rode
- inflection of rodar:
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
rode (Cyrillic spelling роде)
Noun
rode (Cyrillic spelling роде)
- inflection of roda:
Verb
rode (Cyrillic spelling роде)
Venetian
Noun
rode
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