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    LOE
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    rod(de n.
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    Entry Info

    Formsrod(de n. Alsorode & (in names)rad(e-,red(e-,rude- & (error)redde.
    EtymologyLOErodd

    Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

    1.
    (a) A stick of wood; (b) a straight shoot, esp. of brushwood; a straight cutting from a bush or tree;tuft of roddes, an osier bed, a stand of young shoots; (c) an offshoot; -- usedfig.; (d) a bar of iron.

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    • (c1410)YorkMGame(Vsp B.12)100:Þe lord shuld take a faire smalle rodde in his honde, þe which oon of þe ȝemen or oon of þe gromys shuld kitte for hym and þe maister of þe game anoþer.
    • ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95(Htrn 95)96b/a:Ȝif..þu smyte on þe pacientes heued wiþ a liȝte rodde þat be drie as wilowe & it soune hoselie, it is a token þat þe braine panne is broken.
    • ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95(Htrn 95)109a/a:Take a rodde of wilowe oþer a twigge of þe vine & put þe tone ende in þe pacientes ere & lappe wexe aboute þe toþer ende & sette it on fire, ffor bi þe vertue of þe fire þe water schal be clene dried vppe.
    • a1450Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1)(Hrl 279)52:Pryke þe cofyn with a pynne y-stekyd on a roddys ende.
    • a1475 *Hrl.Diseases Hawk A(Hrl 2340)26a:If sche wyll not bath Anon, take A lytyll rode in þi hand And softely bete þe watir.
    • c1475Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)131/18:This noble prynce..thirste the rodde in his yie and smote it out.
    • c1475Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)159/4:The kyng..with the rodde sn e [read: smote] of the hedes of the popies.
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    • c1450(?c1400)3 KCol.(1)(Cmb Ee.4.32)92/24:In þis gardyn be many busshis of bawme..and in þe monthe of Marche..þe roddys be kytte..and so the bawme renneþ..oute of [þe] kittyng.
    • c1450(?c1400)3 KCol.(1)(Cmb Ee.4.32)94/2:Euery cristenman þat haþ a busshe to kepe, he takeþ þe roddes þat be kitte and seeþ hem in water in a clene potte.
    • a1475Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)85/2,4:Raaf harange yaf..j oke and j cartlode of roddis in his wode of westbury yerely to be take at these termes..in march a cartlode of roddes and at whitsontyde an oke.
    • a1475Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)458/7:The said abbesse and couent..graunted..to the said Iohn iij acris of arable lond..with the mansion, tyftis of roddis, thorptis or croftis, and medis.
    • a1475Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)679/23:Of the yifte of Robert Euersy, his tofte of Roddys (in Latyne, virgultum).
    • ?a1475Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)88/197:All ȝour roddys ȝe xal brynge vp to me, and on hese rodde þat þe holy gost is syttynge, he xal þe husbond of þis may be.
    • c1475Wisd.(Folg V.a.354)1017:Þat to mercy mor dothe me move Than þou dyscyplynyde þi body..Wyth as many roddys as myght grow..In þe space of days jornye.
    • a1500Leg.Cross BC(1)(Wor F.172)216:In short tyme sprong iii roddis of a yerd in length..Forsoth tho roddis or yerdis wern ther from Adam vnto Noe, and from Noe vnto Abraham, and from Abraham vnto Moises, neuer growyng ne discresyng.
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    2.
    A stick having a particular purpose: (a) a walking stick or staff; (b) a wand of office; also, a wand to be carried as an identifying device [quot.: a1500]; (c) a stick used as an instrument of punishment; alsofig.; also in proverbs;~ of correccioun;~ of God; (d) a riding stick, riding crop; (e) a stick for beating wall hangings; (f) a stick used in hawking to thrash grass or brush in order to raise the game; (g) a stick used like a lathe in plastering or daubing walls; (h) a fishing pole;angle ~; (i) a curtain rod;curtine ~.

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    3.
    (a) A staff, shaft; a pole used to propel a barge;~ rop, ?= ro-rop [s.v.ro n.(3)]; (b) the shaft of a spear.

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    4.
    (a) A linear measure of varying length, a rod [cp.perche n.2.(b)]; (b) a measure of land, a square rod, square perch; ?a quarter of an acre, a rood; (c) a measure of timber or timberland.

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    • (c1380)Acc.R.Dur.inSur.Soc.103591:In sol. facta Rogero Diker pro mundacione unius rivi circa campum de Pittyngton, videl't 240 rod cap. pro rod 1 d. ob., 40 s..In sol. facta Rog'o Diker pro factura 480 rod circa & le Bromsid, cap. pro rod 4 d. ob., 10 li, 17 s. 6 d.
    • a1450(c1410)Lovel.Merlin(Corp-C 80)1940:This werk was thus begonne, & the heythe of fowre roddis [F toises] vpe was j-ronne aboven the erthe.
    • a1475Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)375/24:The which acre holdeth in lengthe xxxij roddis and iiij fote of the kyngis standard.
    • a1500Weights inRHS ser.3.41(Vsp E.9)14:Odyr dyuers places in this land thai mete grownd by the Polys, Goodys, and Roddys.
    • a1525(?1474)Cov.Leet Bk.397:Out of the seid yard growith a Rodde to mesure lond by, the wich Rod conteyneth in lengthe v yardes & halfe.
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    • c1460Oseney Reg.101/4,6,8:[I], John ffiȝt John philippe of Cotes, ȝafe..vj acris of Arable londe..j acre and dj and j Rodde lyen in Stodfolde..and iij Roddis lyen In þe telth þe which Is i-callid Schelde..and iij Roddys lyen In Medelforlong.
    • c1460Oseney Reg.192/3,8:I, John of Tywe, yafe..iij roddis of Arable londe In the ffelde of Hokenorton.
    • a1475Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)546/7:iij acris and iij roddys of arable lond.
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    5.
    In surnames and place names [see SmithPNElem.2. 87].

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