| 单词 | rood stone |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrood stone rood stone n. a stone cross; a monument in the shape of a cross. [Perhaps attested earlier in place names, as Rodeston , Northamptonshire (1086; now Radstone), and Rodestan , East Riding, Yorkshire (1086; now Rudston), Rodestane , Northumberland (1320; now lost), although alternative explanations have also been suggested. In quot. a1400 the name of the nearby village of Rood Ashton (Wiltshire) apparently confirms the sense.] ΚΠ a1400 ( Bounds (Sawyer 727) in W. de G. Birch Cartularium Saxonicum (1893) III. 365 Of than more on holenbrok, thannen on lechmere thanne on rodestan. 1800 W. Scott Eve St. John 5 By the rood-stone [1802 black rood-stone],..I conjure thee, my love, to be there! [1801, 1802 eds.: Note The Black-rood of Melrose was a crucifix of black marble.] 1849 W. S. Gibson Descriptive & Hist. Guide to Tynemouth 20 The ‘Monk's Stone’ at Seton..may have been erected as a way-side rood-stone. 2006 Leicester Mercury (Nexis) 11 May 20 The oldest inhabited village in England, Rudstone,..is named after the ‘rood stone’ ancient monolith found close by. < as lemmas |
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