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rôder

/ʁo.de/

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verb/ʁo.de/

to loiter, prowl, move about suspiciously or hostilely; to wander; misspelling of roder

On voit rôder l’abeille à jeun, La guêpe court, le frelon guette ;We see the fasting bee wandering, The wasp runs, the hornet lies in wait;

Borrowed from Old Occitan rodar, from Latin rotāre. Doublet of rouer.