rode
English Edit
Pronunciation Edit
- (US) enPR: rōd, IPA(key): /ˈɹoʊd/
Audio (US) (file)
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: rōd, IPA(key): /ˈɹəʊd/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /rod/
- Rhymes: -əʊd
- Homophones: Rhode, road (general), rowed (except Scotland)
Etymology 1 Edit
Verb Edit
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 Edit
Verb Edit
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 Edit
Noun Edit
rode (plural rodes)
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Etymology 4 Edit
Noun Edit
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.
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Alemannic German Edit
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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 Edit
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 35.
Czech Edit
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rode
Danish Edit
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Noun Edit
rode c (singular definite roden, plural indefinite roder)
Declension Edit
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rode (imperative rod, infinitive at rode, present tense roder, past tense rodede, perfect tense har rodet)
References Edit
- “rode” in Den Danske Ordbog
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Adjective Edit
rode
- inflection of rood:
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rode
- inflection of roder:
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Galician Edit
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rode
German Edit
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Audio (file)
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rode
- inflection of roden:
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Hunsrik Edit
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rode
- to guess
Further reading Edit
Italian Edit
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rode
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Latin Edit
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rōde
Middle English Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
From Old English rōd, from Proto-West Germanic *rōdu, from Proto-Germanic *rōdō. The final vowel is generalised from the Old English inflected forms.
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- A cross or gibbet.
- The cross of Christ.
- The cross as an emblem of Christianity, such as:
- As an emblem representing torment, suffering, or tribulation
- A crucifix
- A rod, pole, or bar
- A quarter of an acre; a rood
Descendants Edit
References Edit
- “rọ̄de, n.(5).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-04.
Etymology 2 Edit
From Old English rād, from Proto-West Germanic *raidu, from Proto-Germanic *raidō. The final vowel is generalised from the Old English inflected forms.
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- “rōde, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-04.
Etymology 3 Edit
From Old English rudu.
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- ruddiness, redness
- face, appearance, visage
- Pot marigold, calendula (Calendula officinalis)
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References Edit
- “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 Edit
From Old English ġerād, rād.
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rode (plural rodes)
References Edit
- “rōde, n.(4).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-04.
Etymology 5 Edit
Noun Edit
rode (plural roddes)
- Alternative form of rodde (“rod”)
Norwegian Nynorsk Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
From Old Norse roti m, from Middle Low German.
Noun Edit
rode f (definite singular roda, indefinite plural roder, definite plural rodene)
Etymology 2 Edit
Alternative forms Edit
- roda (a and split infinitives)
Verb Edit
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 Edit
- “rode” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Pennsylvania German Edit
Etymology Edit
Compare German raten, Dutch raden, English read.
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rode
Plautdietsch Edit
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rode
Portuguese Edit
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rode
- inflection of rodar:
Serbo-Croatian Edit
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rode (Cyrillic spelling роде)
Noun Edit
rode (Cyrillic spelling роде)
- inflection of roda:
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rode (Cyrillic spelling роде)
Venetian Edit
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rode