Etymology

Ruthwell

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Today it means: A village in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland, historically in Dumfriesshire (OS grid ref NY1067). Full definition →

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The story

Ultimately from Old English rīþ (“stream”) + weald (“wood”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.