Middle English Dictionary Entry
Rūth n.
Entry Info
| Forms | Rūth n. Also (errors) reuþe, reueþ, reugthe. |
| Etymology | L; errors prob. by confusion with ME reuth(e n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The Biblical Book of Ruth; bok of ~.
Associated quotations
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)4.416 : Men þat [read: rat] in regum, after reweþ [vrr. Ruth, reuþe, reugthe], of kynges, Hou god sente to saul by samuel.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Ruth 1.687 : Here eendith Ruth [vr. the bok of Ruth].
- c1425 WBible(2) Prol.Ruth.(Qu-O 387)1.678 : This book of Ruth schewith the feithfulnesse and stidefast loue of this wumman Ruth, [etc.].