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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• (peace): This sense is obsolete, except that it has recently been revived among followers of Heathenry.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
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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