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Rue

,

to grieve for something done, to repent, is the Anglo-Saxon reow, contrition; German, reue. Rue (1 syl.).

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Ruby (The Perfect)
Ruchiel
Rudder
Ruddock
Ruddy-mane [Bloody-hand]
Rudge (Barnaby)
Rudiger
Rudolphine Tables (The)
Rudolstadt (La Comtesse de)
Rudra
Rue
Rue
Rue
Ruffe
Ruffian Hall
Rufus (The Red)
Ruggiero
Rukenaw (Dame)
Rule (St.) or St. Regulus
Rule, Britannia
Rule Nisi