Morthering rue

• maidrín rua: (Irish) fox (literally: “little red dog”)

• Moddereen Rue: (song) “The Red Fox” → Thomas Moore's Let Erin Remember the Days of Old is sung to this traditional air → Let erehim ruhmuhrmuhr

• murthering: (Hiberno-English) very, excessively → e.g. in Gerald Griffin's The Collegians, Lowry Looby describes a drink as murthering strong!

• murdering

• Mordred: King Arthur's son and nephew; they kill each other
  • Third Census of Finnegans Wake
• Mothering street (French - rue)
• Mothering regret (rue: to regret)