The story
- Old English · derived fromhrēod“reed”
- English todayRodley
From Old English hrēod (“reed”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to reed + -ley (“lea”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishhrēod all →
RhodereedredeRedgraveRedburn
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.