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Rood vs Frood - What's the difference?

rood | frood |

As a noun rood

is dog (ie male dog or he-dog).

As an adjective frood is

shrewd; sagacious; wary; cautious.

rood

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (archaic) A crucifix, cross.
  • * act III scene 4
    • Have you forgot me?
    No, by the rood , not so.
  • A measure of land area, equal to a quarter of an acre.
  • (UK, dialect, obsolete) A measure of five and a half yards in length.

    • Synonyms

    * (quarter of an acre) farthingdale

    Derived terms

    * rood beam * rood loft * rood screen

    Anagrams

    * ----

    frood

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Shrewd; sagacious; wary; cautious.
  • *1973 , Stanley Price, George Ruffhead, Newton-on-Ouse Local History Group, Three Yorkshire villages :
    • To the north of the Airfield the Rabbit Hills still retain heathland vegetation on the sandy soils and are probably the site of the 'frood' warren mentioned in an old survey, being at the time an important source of food.

    References

    * Wright, The English Dialect Dictionary , Frood.