rodyt

A Middle English form of ruddy. roel (ro), n. [ I is ful wight [swift], God waat, as is a raa . Chaucer, Reeve's Tale, 1. 166. Now than am I light as a roo . York Plays , p. 281. Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe . 2 Sam. ii. 18. 2. Improperly, the adult female of the hart; the doe of the stag or red deer.