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▪ I. jod, n.|dʒɒd, jəʊd|
[med.L. (German, etc.) spelling of Heb. yōd, the name of the letter י (y, i), the smallest letter of the square Hebrew alphabet: cf. iota, jot.]
= iota 2, jot n.1
1596H. Clapham Briefe Bible i. 55 Neither might he [Moses] Adde, detract or Alter any iod thereof. 1610Donne Pseudo-mart. 277 The Canons..inflict an Anatheme vppon any Lay-man, which shall so much as dispute vpon, the text, or any one Iod of the Epistle of Pope Leo. c1629― Serm. IV. cx. 515 No Iod in the Scripture shall perish, therefore no Iod is superfluous. 1851Longfellow Gold. Leg. iii. Nativity viii, As surely as the letter Jod Once cried aloud, and spake to God.
▪ II. † jod, v. Obs.
trans. To strike, knock.
14..Stasyons Jerus. 139 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 357 We fond þe holys in þe stone, There-in þei Joddyd hym onne þe gronde. |