/fɹɪθ/
OriginFrom Middle English frith, from Old English friþ, friþu (“peace, tranquility, security, refuge”), from Proto-West Germanic *friþu, from Proto-Germanic *friþuz (“peace, reconciliation”), from Proto-Indo-European *priHós (“beloved, happy”).
Cognate with Dutch vrede (“peace, quiet, tranquility”), German Frieden (“peace, tranquility”), Danish fred (“peace, serenity”), Swedish frid (“peace, serenity”), Icelandic friður (“peace, tranquility”). Related to free.
- archaic, poetic, rare, uncountablePeace; security.
“Thus the king declares that he wants to see his peace or 'frith' extended to his people and that moots are urged to frith all that the king wills to be frithed”
- obsolete, uncountableSanctuary, asylum.
- A forest or wood; woodland generally.
“As over Holt and Heath, as thorough Frith and Fell; [...]”
- British, dialectalLand with mostly undergrowth and few trees; also, land in between forests or woods; pastureland which is not in use.
- Brushwood or undergrowth, sometimes in the form of a hedge.
- A hedge, especially one made from brushwood which has been wattled; also, a movable frame made from wattled branches, a hurdle.
- obsoleteA kind of weir made from wattled branches for catching fish.
- obsolete, transitiveTo protect; guard.
“This monument and the Cairns themselves have been purchast by the State, and are now therefore "frithed", protected and national property.”
“Thus the king declares that he wants to see his peace or 'frith' extended to his people and that moots are urged to 'frith all that the king wills to be frithed”
- obsolete, transitiveTo enclose; fence in, as a forest or park.
“On the other of these improvements, the base of the mound was six feet, its height five feet, and breadth at the top nearly the same; this, with the side-drains or ditches on each side, made the whole”
“In the halfe circle enclosed between the flood-gate and the compasse frith, there is digged a round pit, of three foot diameter, and foure foot depth, frithed on the sides, which is continually fedde ”
“During the same period, Mr. Davis has also enclosed open copse-woods of oak, on the south of the Teivy 90 acres, on the north of the teivy, 100 acres: all fenced with a foss and mound, planted on the ”
- A surname.
- A town in Montserrat (in the safe zone).
Formsfriths(present, singular, third-person) · frithing(participle, present) · frithed(participle, past) · frithed(past) · freath(alternative) · friths(plural)