róða
nafnorðkvenkyn
u, f. (róði, a, m., Vm. 32, and in the name Róðadrápa below), [a word borrowed from the A. S. rôd; Engl. rood, cp. rod; Germ. ruthe]:—the rood, holyrood, crucifix, Fms. v. 136, 344, 345, viii. 247. Symb. 20, Rb. 370, Hom. 97, Pm. 77, and passim, but only in this eccl. sense.
COMPDS: róðukross, róðukyrtill.