Proto-Germanic: *rōdṓ(n), *rṓɵ=
Meaning: twig, pole
Old Norse: rōδa f. `Rute; Kreuz, Heiligenbild'
Norwegian: roda `Stange'
Danish: rode `Mass, Rute'
Old English: rōd, -e f., rōde, -an (?) f. `rod, pole; measure of land; sross, rood', { rōɵ `id.' }
English: rood
Old Frisian: rōde f. `galg'
Old Saxon: rōda f. `staak, stand, kruis'
Middle Dutch: roede f. `twijg, roede, staak, stang, staf, penis, lengte- en vlaktemaat'
Dutch: roede, roe f.
Middle Low German: rōde, rūde
Old High German: ruota f. `Gerte, Stange, Messstange' (8.Jh.)
Middle High German: ruote st./wk. f. 'gerte, rute; stange, ruderstange, rude; messstange für langen- und flächenmessung''
German: Rute f.
