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1 roda [ME rode < AS rod] 1 wooden rod or pole. 1292 in ijc roddis grossis emptis ad sustentacionem vinearum in gardino regis ‥ item in ijc roddis emptis ad gardinum turris reparandis KR Ac 468/6 r. 3/13; 1302 pro scissura xiiij ~arum magnarum et spissarum planchearum MinAc 771/2 m. 7; 1320 item in xj roddis emptis pro scaffotis xviij d. KR Ac 462/15 m. 2; 1329 pro iiij roddis longitudinis cujuslibet unius brachiate et dimidie emptis pro eisdem hamis supponendis Ib. 467/7/1; 1440 roddis et restibus (DL MinAc) Collect. Suss XLIX 25. 2 linear measure, rod; b (defined as 24 feet). 1304 Gilberto le Sagher et socio suo pro scissura septem perticatarum et xiiij pedum planchiarum ‥ xxviij s. x d. ob. ‥ pro scissura duarum ~arum planchiarum ‥ iiij s. vj d. KR Ac 486/15 m. 2; 1315 debent claudere curiam prioris de E. ‥ quilibet eorum viz. unam ~am Year Bk. XVII (Selden Soc. XLI) 161; 1360 unam peciam terre continentem in fronte tres ~as et dimidiam Reg. Moray 304; 1371 J. P. pro viij ~is dim. chori ecclesie de Topclif emendandis, dando eidem pro singula ~a vijs. vj d. Fabr. York 8; 1535 Henrico Laffer, slatter, pro coopertura logei infra parcum domini ibidem cum lapidibus vocatis slattes ad numerum vj ~arum, capienti pro qualibet ~a xiij d. (MinAc) Rutland MSS 273.  b c1265 quatuor percatas fideliter mensuratas per ~am xxti iiij pedum Cart. Cockersand 540. 3 (as square measure of land) rood, piece of land measuring one rood; b (defined as 1/4 acre); c (defined as square perch). a1128 isti debent arare xv acras et iij ~as Chr. Peterb. app. 160; ut ‥ celerarius haberet ‥ araturam unius ~e pro qualibet acra sine cibo Brakelond f. 150; c1306 sunt ibi vij acre et j ~a terre maritime Cust. Battle 17; tribus ~is terre et una ~a bosci G. S. Alb. I 406; cum ‥ una acra turbarum in marisco ‥ et v †codis [l. rodis] prati MonA VI 419; Stephanus ‥ articulosus ‥ mensuris instituendis, et de terra arabili ‥ operosus, de carucata, bovata, virgata, percha, acra, ~a, et dimidia ~a Knighton I 140.  b quaelibet acra continet in se iv ~as (Cart. Newstead, Notts) DuC V 222 s. v. pes.  c 1468 tres rudas meas sive perticatas terre Reg. Aberd. I 288. 4 a measure of timber. b measure of tiles, (Sc.) six superficial or thirty-six square ells. a 1450 pro sarracione iv ~arum meremii Ac. Durh. 238; 1506 pro sarracione ij ~arum et dim. burdarum Ib. 102.  b 1469 pro dimidia rude tegularum ‥ pro duabus rudis cum dimidia tegularum, tribus celdris calcis, sex celdris saboli, necnon feodis laborancium circa reparacionem domus brasii ExchScot 654. 5 measure of wine. 1371 quod ipse tres ~as vini de la Ryne ‥ apud Ebor’ in navibus carcare et eas ‥ versus partes Prucie ‥ ducere possit Pat 284 m. 22; 1384 item pro xvj pipis vini continentibus v ~es facientes x dolia Bronnen 603A(22); 1461 dedisse ‥ xviij ~e vini vocati Reynyshwyne Cl 313 m. 16d.; 1462 ~e vini Pat 170 m. 23. 6 cross, rood. 1395 oblationes facte cecis crucibus sive ~ys ‥ sunt prope consanguinee ad idolatriam Concl. Loll. XII 364.

2 roda [ME rode < AS rad], protected place near shore where ships lie at anchor, road; b (as place-name, passing into surname). 1284 [a certain ship sailed] de Shorham ad ~am sancte Ye [sc. St. Ives Bay, Cornwall] et ibi moram fecit JustIt 112 m. 3; 1321 in navem Radulphi Stace ‥ in roodam Sancti Nicholai per costeram predicte ville Magne Jernem' IMisc 84; 1357 quod plus de allece in ~a de Kirkele extra naves piscatorum quam sufficere possit pro carcacione navium que vocantur pikers ‥ non discarcetur et quod piscatores cum allece ad dictam ~am declinantes totum residuum allecis sui ‥ ad feriam Magne Jememuthe ducant Pat 252 m. 7; 1363 due naves ‥ que nuper apud ~am de Kirkelee invente ex certis et justis causis arrestate fuerunt RScot 869a.  b 1228 Jordanus Oliveri, Galfridus de ~a constituti sunt justiciarii ad assisam Pat 224.