See Also: French Antilles(dictionary)
frith(1)(dictionary)
frith(medicine)
frith(2)(dictionary)
frith(3)(dictionary)
frith(4)(dictionary)
Netherlands Antilles map(tourism)
Netherlands Antilles(encyclopedia)
Netherlands Antilles(dictionary)
Air Antilles Express(tourism)

frith(1) (iou) and French Antilles (oh)


frith(1) (iou)



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.

French Antilles (oh)



the French Antilles
a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea which belong to France