verb · transitive · rare

frith

frith · friths · frithed · frithing

To protect; guardTo protect; guard.

/fɹɪθ/

Meaning

2 senses

(obsolete, transitive)To protect; guard.
(obsolete, transitive)To enclose; fence in, as a forest or park.

Origin

From Middle English frithen, from Old English friþian (“to give frith to, make peace with,

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”).

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Forms

friths, frithing, frithed, frithed

Base form	frith · to frith
3rd person singular	friths
Present participle	frithing
Past simple	frithed
Past participle	frithed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	frith
he, she, it	friths

Past simpleLesson

all persons

frithed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have frithed
he, she, it	has frithed

Future simple (will)Lesson