royd

Meanings

Plural: royds

Noun

A forest clearing.

Origin / Etymology

Inherited from Middle English *rode (“clearing”), from Old English rodu (“clearing”), from Proto-West Germanic *rodu, variant of *rod, from Proto-Germanic *rudą, from *reudaną (“to clear”).
Compare German Rodung, from German roden (“to clear”).

Synonyms

assart, riding, thwaite

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