Frith
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From 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”), Swedish frid(“peace, serenity”), Icelandic friður(“peace, tranquility”). Related to free.
From Middle English frithen, from Old English friþian(“to give frith to, make peace with, be at peace with, cherish, protect, guard, defend, keep, observe”), from Proto-Germanic *friþōną(“to make peace, secure, protect”), from Proto-Indo-European *prēy-, *prāy-(“to like, love”).
Cognate with Scots frethe, freith(“to set free, liberate”), Danish frede(“to have peace, protect, inclose, fence in”), Swedish freda(“to cover, protect, quiet, inclose, fence in”), Icelandic friða(“to make peace, preserve”).
From Middle English frith(“forest, woodland; hedging”), [1] from Old English fyrhþe, fyrhþ(“forest, wooded country; game preserve, hunting ground”), [2] from Proto-West Germanic *furhiþi(“forest, woodland”), Proto-Germanic *furhiþją(“forest, wooded country”), *furhiþǭ, from *furhu(“fir; pine”), from *furahō, *furhō(“fir; pine; (fir or pine) forest”), from Proto-Indo-European *pérkus(“oak”), from *perkʷ-(“oak”). The English word is cognate with Latin quercus(“oak”), Old English fyrh(“fir, pine”), Old High German forst, foreht(“forest”), Old Norse fýri(“pine-wood, coniferous forest”). Latin foresta (whence eventually English forest), may be borrowed from the same West Germanic source.
A metathetic variant of firth.
