FRITH

Etymology

Proper noun

Frith

A surname.

Anagrams

• Firth, firth

Etymology 1

Noun

frith (uncountable)

(rare, archaic, poetic) Peace; security.

(obsolete) Sanctuary, asylum.

Usage notes

• (peace): This sense is obsolete, except that it has recently been revived among followers of Heathenry. When used by Heathens, it is fairly synonymous with the slightly less rare English word comity.

Etymology 2

Verb

frith (third-person singular simple present friths, present participle frithing, simple past and past participle frithed)

(transitive, obsolete) To protect; guard.

(transitive, obsolete) To enclose; fence in, as a forest or park.

Etymology 3

Noun

frith (plural friths)

A wood, woodland, forest; undergrowth, brushwood.

Etymology 4

Noun

frith (plural friths)

(archaic) Alternative form of firth (“arm of the sea”)

(UK) A kind of weir for catching fish.

Anagrams

• Firth, firth

Source: Wiktionary

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Frith, n. Etym: [OE. firth, Icel. fjör; akin to Sw. fjärd, Dan. fiord, E. ford. sq. root78. See Ford, n., and cf. Firth, Fiord, Fret a frith, Port a harbor.]

1. (Geog.)

Definition: A narrow arm of the sea; an estuary; the opening of a river into the sea; as, the Frith of Forth.

2. A kind of weir for catching fish. [Eng.] Carew.

Frith, n. Etym: [OE. frith peace, protection, land inclosed for hunting, park, forest, AS. fri peace; akin to freno peace, protection, asylum, G. friede peace, Icel. fri, and from the root of E. free, friend. See Free, a., and cf. Affray, Defray.]

1. A forest; a woody place. [Obs.] Drayton.

2. A small field taken out of a common, by inclosing it; an inclosure. [Obs.] Sir J. Wynne.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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