Research Literature
BW III:
Bierbaumer, Peter.
Der botanische Wortschatz des Altenglischen. Grazer Beiträge zur Englischen Philologie 3. Frankfurt am Main, Bern, Las Vegas: Lang, 1979.
DOE:
Cameron, Angus, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette di Paolo Healey, et al. (eds.).
Dictionary of Old English (A to G). CD-Rom. Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies for the Dictionary of Old English Project, 2008.
Laud:
Stracke, J. Richard (ed.).
The Laud Herbal Glossary. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1974.
MS Oxford, Bodleian, Laud Misc. 567.
Cf. →rūde, wilde; the plant name seems to be a loan-formation based on RUTA MONTANA or its synonyms R. AGRESTIS, R. SIIVESTRIS.