tod

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English

Pronunciation

Homophone: Todd

Etymology 1

From Middle English tod, of unknown origin. Possibly influenced by Etymology 2, due to its bushy tail.[1]

Noun

tod (plural tods)

  1. A male fox.
  2. (chiefly Scotland) A fox in general.
  3. (figuratively) Someone like a fox; a crafty person.
  4. Someone who looks disgusting. (eg. I look like a tod)
Synonyms
Hypernyms
  • (male fox): fox
Coordinate terms
  • (male fox): vixen (female fox)
Derived terms
References
  1. ^ Skeat

Etymology 2

Cognate with German Zotte (clotted hair), Saterland Frisian todde (bundle), Swedish todd (mass (of wool), dialectal).

Noun

tod (plural tods)

  1. A bush, especially of ivy.
  2. An old English measure of weight, usually of wool, containing two stone or 28 pounds (13 kg).
    • 1843, The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, volume 27, page 202:
      Seven pounds make a clove, 2 cloves a stone, 2 stone a tod, 6 1/2 tods a wey, 2 weys a sack, 12 sacks a last. [...] It is to be observed here that a sack is 13 tods, and a tod 28 pounds, so that the sack is 364 pounds.
    • 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 4, page 209:
      Generally, however, the stone or petra, almost always of 14 lbs., is used, the tod of 28 lbs., and the sack of thirteen stone.

Verb

tod (third-person singular simple present tods, present participle todding, simple past and past participle todded)

  1. (obsolete) To weigh; to yield in tods.

See also

Anagrams

Belait

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuhud, from Proto-Austronesian *tuduS.

Noun

tod

  1. knee

Nawdm

Etymology

Cognate with Moore toɛɛga, Farefare tʋ'a, Dagbani tua, Ntcham ditul, Moba tuolg, Gourmanchéma tuobu.

Noun

tod d (plural tora ɦa)

  1. baobab

References

  • Bakabima, Koulon Stéphane, Nicole, Jacques (2018) Nawdm-French Dictionary, SIL International

Old High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dauþuz, akin to Old Saxon dōth, Old Dutch dōth, dōt, Old English dēaþ, Old Norse dauði, Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌿𐍃 (dauþus).

Noun

tōd m

  1. death, cessation of life

Descendants

  • Middle High German: tōt
    • Alemannic German:
      Swabian: Daod, Dod
    • Central Franconian:
      Hunsrik: Dod
    • German: Tod
    • Luxembourgish: Doud
    • Yiddish: טויט (toyt)

Old Spanish

Pronunciation

Determiner

tod m or f sg

  1. Apocopic form of todo or toda; all
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 42v:
      [] ſobre tod eſto dare amoab en ur̃a mano e crebantaredes todas cibdades en caſtelladas entodos los arbores fermoſos todas las fontanas del agua cerraredes. entodas las buenas ſẽnas abatredes e fizieron aſſi.
      “‘ And besides all this I will deliver Moab into your hands. And you will break every fortified city and every beautiful tree and every fountain of water you will stop up and every field you will ruin.’” And so they did.

Slovene

Pronunciation

Adverb

tọ̄d

  1. (clarification of this definition is needed) thus

Further reading

  • tod”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • tod”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references