different between trod vs untrodden

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t??d/

Rhymes: -?d

• (US) IPA^(key): /?t??d/

Etymology 1

See tread.

Verb

trod

1. 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)

1. 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.

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)

1. A track or pathway.

Anagrams

• Dort, dort, dtor

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• tro (alternative spelling, 1959-2012)

Verb

trod

1. (non-standard since 2012) past tense of tre, treda and trede
2. (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)

1. verbal noun of troid
2. quarrel
3. 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

English

Etymology

un- +? trodden

Adjective

untrodden (comparative more untrodden, superlative most untrodden)

1. That has never been trod upon; unexplored, unspoiled.
   • 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows,

     If he could only get away from the holes in the banks, he thought, there would be no more faces. He swung off the path and plunged into the untrodden places of the wood.

   • 1994, Xenophon, Amy L. Bonnette (translator), Memorabilia, page 93,

     Moreover the most becoming place for temples and altars he said to be that which, while being most visible, would be most untrodden; for it is pleasant for those who are undefiled to approach it.

   • 1969, S. Segal, Ecological Notes on Wall Vegetation, 2013, page 252,

     The upper layer of the soil is, therefore, less solid than in other trampled habitats and the optimum development of the community can only take place in the broader joints between paving stones in more untrodden places, often in strips of pavement at the foots of walls where the shifting sand accumulates and turbulent air currents may play an important role.

2. Of a person: undefeated. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

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