Rūth, n.

(Synop., § 130), n. [From rue.]

1Sense 1. Sorrow for the misery of another; pity; tenderness. [Obs. except in poetry.]

To stir up gentle ruth Both for her noble blood, and for her tender youth. Spenser.

Ruth began to work Against his anger in him. Tennyson.

2Sense 2. Misery; sorrow. [Obs.] “With wretched miseries and woful ruth.” Spenser.