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.