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royd

The English word “royd” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. A forest clearing.

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”).

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