Meanings
nounrood-tree (countable and uncountable, plural rood-trees)
plural rood-trees · alternative Rood tree · alternative Rood-tree · alternative rood tree
- countableuncountableThe cross on which Jesus was crucified
Cryst who dyed for vs on the Rood tree, Sav the sowl of my Husbond, owr chyldren, and mee.
1631, John Weever, Antient fvnerall monvments within the vnited monarchie of Great Britaine, Ireland, and the islands adiacent,: with the dissolued monasteries therein contained: their founders, and what eminent persons haue beene in the same interred. As also the death and bvriall of certaine of the bloud royall; the nobilitie and gentrie of these kingdomes entombed in forraine nations ..., London: Thomas Harper, page 569 - countableuncountableA representation of the cross on which Jesus was crucified.
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Origin
- Middle Englishrodetre
- Englishrood-tree
From Middle English rodetre.
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rood-tree. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rood-tree
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“rood-tree.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rood-tree. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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