frith

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It was therefore deemed necessary to have two detachments; one to guard the passage of the frith, the other to go by the head of it.

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  1. noun Scots A firth.

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  1. Alteration of firth.

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  1. from Middle English frith, also spelled fryth, freth, and transposed firth, peace, security, protection; more common in concrete sense, protected or inclosed land, a park or forest for game, a forest in general; from Anglo-Saxon frith, masculine and n., in poetry frithu, fritho, freothu, freotho, friotho, feminine, peace, security, protection, in concrete sense in comp. deór-frith, a deer-park (cf. frith-geard, an inclosed space, = Old Swedish frithgærthi, a cattle-yard), = Old Saxon frithu = OFries. fretho, frede, ferd = Dutch vrede = Middle Low German vrede, Low German frede, free, = Old High German friedu, Middle High German vride, German fricde, masculine, = Icelandic fridhr = Swedish Danish fred, peace, = Gothic (Moesogothic) *frithus (inferred from deriv. Frithareiks = German Friedrich, English Frederick, literally prince of peace, gracious prince; gajrithōn, reconcile, conciliate, gafrithōns, reconciliation), with suffix -th, Gothic (Moesogothic) -thus (as in death, Gothic (Moesogothic) dauthus), from Teutonic √ fri, show favor to, love. The same root appears in free and friend, q. v. The word frith appears disguised in belfry, and ult. in affray, fray, q. v. The Celtic forms, Welsh ffridd, a park, a forest, = Irish frith, a park, a forest, = Gaelic frith, a forest, prop, of deer, are taken from Middle English frith.
  2. Middle English frithien, from Anglo-Saxon frithian, freothian, keep peace, make peace, protect, defend, = Old Saxon frithōn = OFries. frethia, ferdia = Middle Low German vriden = Old High German ge-fridōn = Icelandic fridha, make peace, = Swedish freda, cover, protect, quiet, inclose, fence in, = Danish frede, protect, inclose, fence in, = Goth, ga-frithōn, reconcile; from the noun.
 

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