Definitions for frith
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WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. frithnoun

   Peace; security.

2. frithnoun

   Sanctuary, asylum.

3. frithverb

   To protect; guard.

4. frithverb

   To inclose; fence in, as a forest or park.

5. frithnoun

   a wood, woodland, forest; undergrowth, brushwood

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Frithnoun

   Etymology: fretum, Latin.

   1. A strait of the sea where the water being confined is rough.

   What desp’rate madman then would venture o’er
   The frith, or haul his cables from the shore? John Dryden, Virg.

   Batavian fleets
   Defraud us of the glittering sinny swarms
   That heave our friths, and crowd upon our shores. James Thomson.

   2. A kind of net. I know not whether this sense be now retained.

   The Wear is a frith, reaching through the Ose, from the land to low water mark, and having in it a bunt or cod with an eye-hook; where the fish entering, upon their coming back with the ebb, are stopt from issuing out again. Carew.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Frith

   Frith is an Old English word meaning "peace; protection; safety, security".

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Frithnoun

   a narrow arm of the sea; an estuary; the opening of a river into the sea; as, the Frith of Forth

2. Frithnoun

   a kind of weir for catching fish

3. Frithadjective

   a forest; a woody place

4. Frithadjective

   a small field taken out of a common, by inclosing it; an inclosure

5. Etymology: [OE. frith peace, protection, land inclosed for hunting, park, forest, AS. fri peace; akin to freno peace, protection, asylum, G. friede peace, Icel. frir, and from the root of E. free, friend. See Free, a., and cf. Affray, Defray.]

WikidataRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Frith

   Frith is an Old English word meaning "peace; freedom from molestation, protection; safety, security".

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Frith

   frith, Firth, fėrth, n. a narrow inlet of the sea, esp. at a river-mouth. [Ice. fiörðr; Norw. fiord.]

2. Frith

   frith, n. peace.—ns. Frith′borg (A.S. law), one of the tithings or groups of ten men into which the hundred was divided, the members of each being accountable for a fellow-member's misdeeds; Frith′gild, a union of neighbours pledged to one another for the preservation of peace; Frith′soken, the jurisdiction to punish for breaches of the peace; Frith′stool, a chair of sanctuary, placed near the altar in a church—as at Hexham and Beverley. [A.S. frith, peace; Ger. friede.]

3. Frith

   frith, n. forest. [A.S. (ge)fyrhðe.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. frith

   Derived from fretum maris, a narrow strait: an arm of the sea into which a river flows. Synonymous with firth (which see).

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. FRITH

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Frith is ranked #9068 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Frith surname appeared 3,604 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Frith.
   
   78.2% or 2,819 total occurrences were White.
   15.8% or 570 total occurrences were Black.
   2.6% or 97 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.2% or 81 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.5% or 21 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.4% or 16 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Anagrams for frith »

1. firth

How to pronounce frith?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of frith in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of frith in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Frith
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=frith
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frith
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frith
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=frith
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=frith
7. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=frith
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html