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frith noun1. Long obsolete exc. Hist.
[Old English friTu (also strong neut. friT) = Old Frisian frethu, Old Saxon friTu (Dutch vrede), Old High German fridu (German Friede), Old Norse frier, from Germanic.]
Peace; protection; safety, security. OE.
A place where game or fish are preserved for hunting. ME-L16.
Comb.: frithborh [Old English friTborh: see BORROW noun] = FRANK-PLEDGE; frith-stool (a) a refuge, a sanctuary; (b) a seat (usu. of stone) formerly placed near the altar of some churches, providing sanctuary.