royd
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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Definition of royd
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(Yorkshire, dialectal)A forest clearing.
“1417. Henry Rishworth formerly held two oxgangs in Hipperholme, Osbarn rode, lands in Coley, etc. His nephew Henry, son of Nicholas de Rishworth, next heir, paid 10s heriot. 1418. John, son and heir of Henry de Rishworth, herioted a cottage and a royd in the Hey in Hipperholme.”
“Yet few royds are found south of the Little Don”
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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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