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trod
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?t??d/
- Rhymes: -?d
- (US) IPA(key): /?t??d/
Etymology 1
See tread.
Verb
trod
- simple past tense of tread
Etymology 2
From Middle English trod, past participle of treden; see tread. Compare Norwegian trod (“a path”).
Verb
trod (third-person singular simple present trods, present participle trodding, simple past and past participle trodded)
- To walk heavily or laboriously; plod; tread
- 1813, The Parliamentary history of England from the earliest period to the year 1803
- Sir ; to me the noble lord seems to trod close in the foot-steps of his fellow-labourers in the ministerial vineyard, and u crow over us with the same reason
- 1962, American Motorcyclist, February, page 16
- Land of mystery and enchantment, continent of contrast and extremes, where adventure awaits those who dare to defy convention and choose to trod the unfamiliar path.
- 1813, The Parliamentary history of England from the earliest period to the year 1803
Derived terms
- downtrod
References
- trod in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- Robert E. Lewis (ed.) (1996) Middle English Dictionary?[3], volume 9, page 1106
Etymology 3
From Old English trodu (“track, trace”), from the same source as tread.
Noun
trod (plural trods)
- A track or pathway.
Anagrams
- Dort, dort, dtor
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- tro (alternative spelling, 1959-2012)
Verb
trod
- (non-standard since 2012) past tense of tre, treda and trede
- (non-standard since 2012) past tense of trå
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish trot, from Old Irish troit (“fight, battle, quarrel”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *trewd- (“to thrust, push”), related to Proto-Germanic *þraut? (“affliction, agony, struggle”).
Noun
trod m (genitive singular troid, plural troid)
- verbal noun of troid
- quarrel
- reproof, rebuke, scolding
- Synonyms: càineadh, cronachadh
Mutation
Further reading
- MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911) , “trod”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, ?ISBN, page 377
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trode
English
Verb
trode
- Obsolete spelling of trod
- 1842, Alfred Tennyson, The Lady of Shalott
- On burnish'd hooves his war-horse trode.
- 1842, Alfred Tennyson, The Lady of Shalott
Noun
trode
- (obsolete) Tread; footing.
Synonyms
- (tread; footing): troad
Anagrams
- doter, orted, roted, toder
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