Aylestone.
_Royd_ (Vol. v., p. 571.).--The meaning of this word may be further
illustrated by reference to Swiss etymology and history. The great battle
of Naefels (April 9, 1388) is celebrated on the first Thursday of every
April, on the spot where the fiercest part of the struggle took place.
Mount _Ruti_, the meadow where the liberators of Switzerland met, on the
lake of the Four Cantons, and opposite Brunner, is called the Rutli: both
words being derived from a common root of common use in the formation of
names in German Switzerland, _Ruten-defricher_, "to clear;" or, _Ruthen_,
"to measure, gauge;" in short, "prepare for clearing;" whence, perhaps, our
_Ruthyn_ and Rutland.