Ruth /(rṳth)/

Ruth

n.
  1. Sorrow for the misery of another; pity; tenderness. [Poetic]
    To stir up gentle ruth, Both for her noble blood, and for her tender youth.
  2. That which causes pity or compassion; misery; distress; a pitiful sight. [Obs.]
    It had been hard this ruth for to see.
    With wretched miseries and woeful ruth.