An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Räude

by Friedrich Kluge

Räude, f., from the equiv. MidHG. riude, rûde, f., OHG. rûda, f., ‘scab, mange, scabies,’ for an earlier *hrûda, since it is allied to OIc. hruðr, m., ‘scab of a wound’; comp. Du. ruit, ‘scab, itch.’ —