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Definition frith

Etymology 1

From Middle English frith, from Old English friþ, friþu (“peace, tranquility, security, refuge”), from Proto-Germanic *friþuz (“peace, reconciliation”), from Proto-Indo-European *priHós (“beloved, happy”). Cognate with Dutch vrede (“peace, quiet, tranquility”), German Frieden (“peace, tranquility”), Swedish frid (“peace, serenity”), Icelandic friður (“peace, tranquility”). Related to free, equivalent to free + -th (freedom).

Noun

frith (uncountable)

1. (rare, archaic, poetic) Peace; security.
2. (obsolete) Sanctuary, asylum.

Etymology 2

From Middle English frithien, from Old English friþian (“to give frith to, make peace with, be at peace with, cherish, protect, guard, defend, keep, observe”), from Proto-Germanic *friþ?n? (“to make peace, secure, protect”), from Proto-Indo-European *pr?y-, *pr?y- (“to like, love”). Cognate with Scots frethe, freith (“to set free, liberate”), Danish frede (“to have peace, protect, inclose, fence in”), Swedish freda (“to cover, protect, quiet, inclose, fence in”), Icelandic friða (“to make peace, preserve”).

Verb

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

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

Etymology 3

From Middle English frith, firth (“forest, game preserve”), from Old English fyrhþe, Old English fyrhþ (“forest, sparse woodland, game preserve”), from Proto-Germanic *furhiþ?, *furhiþ? (“fir-wood, forest”), from Proto-Germanic *furh?. Cognate with Old High German forst, foreht (“forest”), Old Norse fýri (“pine-wood, coniferous forest”), Old English fyrh (“fir, pine”), Latin quercus (“oak”).

Noun

frith (plural friths)

1. A wood, woodland, forest; undergrowth, brushwood.

Etymology 4

See firth.

Noun

frith (plural friths)

1. (archaic) Alternative form of firth, arm of the sea.
2. (Britain) A kind of weir for catching fish.

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