What is "rood"

Rood \Rood\ (r[=oo]d), n. [AS. r[=o]d a cross; akin to OS. r[=o]da, D. roede rod, G. ruthe, rute, OHG. ruota. Cf. Rod a measure.]

1. A representation in sculpture or in painting of the cross with Christ hanging on it.

   Note: Generally, the Trinity is represented, the Father as an elderly man fully clothed, with a nimbus around his head, and holding the cross on which the Son is represented as crucified, the Holy Spirit descending in the form of a dove near the Son's head. Figures of the Virgin Mary and of St. John are often placed near the principal figures.

   Savior, in thine image seen Bleeding on that precious rood.
   --Wordsworth.

2. A measure of five and a half yards in length; a rod; a perch; a pole. [Prov. Eng.]

3. The fourth part of an acre, or forty square rods.

   By the rood, by the cross; -- a phrase formerly used in swearing. ``No, by the rood, not so.''
   --Shak.

   Rood beam (Arch.), a beam across the chancel of a church, supporting the rood.

   Rood loft (Arch.), a loft or gallery, in a church, on which the rood and its appendages were set up to view.
   --Gwilt.

   Rood screen (Arch.), a screen, between the choir and the body of the church, over which the rood was placed.
   --Fairholt.

   Rood tower (Arch.), a tower at the intersection of the nave and transept of a church; -- when crowned with a spire it was called also rood steeple.
   --Weale.

   Rood tree, the cross. [Obs.] ``Died upon the rood tree.''
   --Gower.

Old English rod "pole," varying from 6 to 8 yards; also "cross," especially that upon which Christ suffered; "crucifix," especially a large one; also a measure of land, properly 40 square poles or perches, from Proto-Germanic *rod- (cognates: Old Saxon ruoda "stake, pile, cross," Old Frisian rode, Middle Dutch roede, Old High German ruota, German Rute "rod"), from PIE *ret- "post" (cognates: Latin ratis "raft," retae "trees standing on the bank of a stream;" Old Church Slavonic ratiste "spear, staff;" Lithuanian rekles "scaffolding"). Probably not connected with rod.\n

n. 1 (context archaic English) A crucifix, cross. 2 A measure of land area, equal to a quarter of an acre. 3 (context UK dialect obsolete English) A measure of five and a half yards in length.

n. representation of the cross on which Jesus died [syn: crucifix, rood-tree]

ROOD: jong in de SP ( Dutch: RED: Socialist Party youth) is a Dutch youth wing linked to the leftist (former maoïst) Socialist Party.

A rood is a Christian cross or crucifix.

Rood may also refer to:

• Rood (surname)
• ROOD, a Dutch political youth organisation
• Rood (unit), an English unit of length or area
• Rood (Scots), a Scottish unit of area
• "Rood" (song), a 2006 song by Marco Borsato

Rood has several distinct meanings, all derived from the same basic etymology.

This article refers to the historic English and international inch-pound measure of area, as well as the archaic English measure of length.

Rood is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Anson Rood, American politician
• Denise Rood (born 1955), American violinist
• John Rood (born 1968), American politician
• Max Rood (1927-2001), Dutch legal scholar and politician
• Ogden Rood (1831-1902), American physicist
• Richard Rood (violinist) (born 1955), American violinist
• Richard Rood (wrestler) or Rick Rude (1958-1999), professional wrestler
• Richard B. Rood Scientist and Professor at University of Michigan
• Theoderic Rood (fl. 1470s), English printer

Rood ( English: Red) is a single by Dutch artist Marco Borsato from his album Symphonica in Rosso. The song was written and produced by John Ewbank. It reached the number-one position in both the Dutch charts (the Dutch Top 40 and the Mega Single Top 100) and the Flemish Ultratop 50.