English Explanatory Dictionary

royd

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A forest clearing.

Word forms

royd royds rod

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English *rode (“clearing”), from Old English rodu (“clearing”), from Proto-West Germanic *rodu, variant of *rod, from Proto-Germanic *rudą, from *reudaną (“to clear”). Compare German Rodung, from German roden (“to clear”).

Synonyms

riding thwaite assart
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