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单词 ruer
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ruern.

Brit. /ˈruːə/, U.S. /ˈru(ə)r/
Forms: Middle English reewer, Middle English reewere, Middle English rewer, Middle English rewere, Middle English ruwer, 1700s– ruer; also Scottish pre-1700 rewar.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rue v.1, -er suffix1.
Etymology: < rue v.1 + -er suffix1.In early use in sense 1 often glossing post-classical Latin miserator miserator n. in the Vulgate; occasional adjectival use in this sense reflects similar use of the Latin word.
Now rare.
1. A person who pities, feels compassion, or has mercy. Obsolete.In quots. with reference to God or Christ.Occasionally used adjectivally: compassionate, merciful.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > compassion > [noun] > one who pities
ruera1382
tenderer1584
pitier1589
compassionate1602
miserator1610
commiserator1677
compassionatora1680
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. xlix. 10 Thei shul not hungre, ne thristen more ouer..for the rewere [a1425 L.V. merciful doere; L. miserator] of hem shal gouernen hem.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Psalms cx. 4 Mynde he made of his merueilis the merciful and the rewere [L. miserator] Lord.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. liv. 10 My merci forsothe shal not gon awei fro thee..seide the Lord, thi reewere [L. miserator].
a1400 Psalter (Vesp.) lxxxv. 14 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 219 Þou, lauerd, rewer [a1382 E. V. reewere; a1400 Egerton rewand; a1400 Harl. rewþeful; L. miserator] and mildeherted maste..ofe me þou haue merci.
c1426 J. Audelay Poems (1931) 153 (MED) O Ihesu, a rewere foresoþ bene ȝe; O Ihesu, my synys away do ȝe.
c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock Donet (1921) 160 Poule seiþ..þat helþe or saluacioun is not of a willer, neiþir of a renner, but of god a rewer, or of mercy a doer.
2. A person who repents; one who feels remorse, contrition, or regret for something. Now rare (archaic and regional in later use).
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > repentance or contrition > [noun] > one who repents
penantc1330
penitentc1390
repentantc1390
repenter1543
contritea1600
ruera1628
penitentiala1633
a1628 J. Carmichaell Coll. Prov. in Scots (1957) 97 Reivars [= robbers] sould leive not be rewars.
1881 J. B. Walker Experiences Pioneer Life iv. 40 A half pint, And the ruer pays it.
a1894 C. G. Rossetti Compl. Poems (1990) III. ii. 84 Perfidious wooer, Thou yet mayst be the ruer, For thou mayst meet with one Who will not love thee really.
1902 T. Hardy Poems Past & Present 216 The stout upstanders say, All's well with us: ruers have nought to rue!
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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