Frith
A surname.
• Firth, firth
frith (uncountable)
(rare, archaic, poetic) Peace; security.
(obsolete) Sanctuary, asylum.
• (peace): This sense is obsolete, except that it has recently been revived among followers of Heathenry.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.
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.
frith (plural friths)
A wood, woodland, forest; undergrowth, brushwood.
frith (plural friths)
(archaic) Alternative form of firth (āarm of the seaā)
(UK) A kind of weir for catching fish.
• Firth, firth
Source: Wiktionary
Frith, n. Etym: [OE. firth, Icel. fjƶr; akin to Sw. fjƤrd, 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
15 April 2025
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; ātheir business venture was doomed from the startā; āan ill-fated business ventureā; āan ill-starred romanceā; āthe unlucky prisoner was again put in ironsā- W.H.Prescott
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