RADE, RODE (Teut.),
a place where wood has been cut down, and which has been cleared for tillage, from reuten, to root out, to plough or turn up. The word in its various forms, reud, reut, and rath, is common in German topography; e.g. Wittarode (the cleared wood); Herzegerode (the clearing on the Hartz Mountains); Quadrath (the clearing of the Quadi); Lippenrode (the clearing on the R. Lippe); Rade-vor-dem-walde (the clearing in front of the wood); Randarath and Wernigerode (the clearing of Randa and Werner); Zeulenroda (the clearing on the boundary, ziel); Schabert, corrupt. from Suabroid (the Swabian clearing); Pfaffrath (the priest’s clearing); Baireuth (the cleared ground of the Boii or Bavarians); Schussenried (the clearing on the R. Schussen). Royd, in England, means a path cut through a wood, as in Huntroyd, Boothroyd, Holroyd. Terra-rodata (rode land) was so called in opposition to Terra-Bovata, i.e. an ancient enclosure which had been from time immemorial under the plough, i.e. Ormeroyd (Ormer’s rode land).
RAIN, RAND, RA (Teut. and Scand.),
RHYNN (Cym.-Cel.),
RINN (Irish),
ROINN (Gael.),
a promontory or peninsula; e.g. Rain, a town name in Bavaria and Styria; Randers, on a promontory in Denmark; Hohenrain (high promontory); Steenrain (rock headland); Renfrew (the promontory of the stream, frew), anc. Strathgriff, on the R. Griff; the Rhinns (i.e. the points), in Galloway; Rhynie, a parish in Aberdeenshire; Rhind, a parish in Perthshire, with the parish church situated on a headland jutting into the R. Tay; Rinmore (the great point), in Devon, Argyle, and Aberdeenshire; Rindon, in Wigton; Tynron, Gael. Tigh-an-roinne (the house on the point), a parish in Dumfriesshire; Reay, in Sutherlandshire, and Reay, a station on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, from Ra, Norse (a point); Penryn (the head of the point), in Cornwall. This word, in various forms, such as rin, reen, rine, ring, is of frequent occurrence in Ireland; e.g. Ringrone (the seal’s promontory); Rineanna (the promontory of the marsh, eanaigh); Ringville and Ringabella, Irish Rinn-bhile (the point of the old tree); Ringfad (long point); Ringbane (white point); Rineen (little point); Ringagonagh (the point of the O’Cooneys); Rinville, in Galway (the point of Mhil, a Firbolg chieftain); Ringsend, near Dublin (the end of the point).
RAJA, RAJ (Sansc.),
royal; e.g. Rajamahal (the royal palace); Rajapoor (royal city); Rajpootana (the country of the Rajpoots, i.e. the king’s sons—putra, a son).
RAS (Ar.),
ROSH (Heb.),
a cape; e.g. Ras-el-abyad (the white cape); Rasigelbi, corrupt. from Rasicalbo (the dog’s cape); Rasicarami (the cape of the vineyards); Ras-el-tafal (chalk cape); Rasicanzar (the swine’s cape); Ras-el-shakah (the split cape); Ras-el-hamra (red cape); Rascorno (Cape Horn).
RATH, RAED (Teut.),
council; e.g. Rachstadt or Rastadt (the town of the council or court of justice); Rathenau (the meadow of the council): Raithby (the dwelling of the court of justice).