Frebord (Vol. v., p. 440.).—It may possibly assist the inquiries of your correspondents Spes and P. M. M. to be informed that the right of Frebord belongs to many estates in the midland counties. In some instances in Leicestershire the claim extends from the boundary hedge of one lordship to the extent of twenty-one feet over the land of the adjoining lordship; it is here understood to represent a deer's leap, and is said to have been given with the original grant of the manor, in order to secure to the lord a right to take the deer he happened to shoot when in the act of leaping from his domain into his neighbour's manor.
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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.
H. P. S.
Spy Wednesday (Vol. v., p. 511.).—Your correspondent Mr. Chadwick is informed that the Wednesday in Holy Week, i. e. the Wednesday before Easter Sunday, is called Spy Wednesday. The term has its origin in the fact, that Judas made his compact with the Sanhedrim upon that day for the betrayal of our Blessed Saviour. See Matthew, xxvi. 3, 4, 5. 14, 15, and 16.
Ceyrep.
Book of Jasher (Vol. v., pp. 415. 476. 524.).—Hartwell Horne, in his Introduction (vol. ii. part ii. pp. 132-138. ed. 1839), has with much diligence exposed both Ilive's original forgery (1751) and the "unacknowledged reprint" (1829). He adds:
"There is also extant a Rabbinical Hebrew Book of Jasher printed at Venice in 1625, which is an explanation of the histories contained in the Pentateuch and Joshua. Barlocci, in his Biblioth. Rabbinica, states that it contains some curious but many fabulous things; and particularly that this book was discovered at the time of the destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem in a certain place, in which an old man was shut up, in whose possession a great number of Hebrew books were found, and among them the Book of Jasher; which was first carried into Spain, and preserved at Seville, whence finally it was taken to Naples, where it was first published."—Vol. iii p. 934.