friþe

See also: frìthe and fríthe

Middle English

Noun

friþe

  1. Alternative form of frith (“forest”)
    • c. 1300, “Of þe state of þingis be-fore adam synnid”, in Þe Cours of þe Werlde (Cursor Mundi, Fairfax Ms. 14)‎, page 7b, lines 657–658:
      bot þis tree ys done in my friþe / for I. wil þat hit haue griþe […]
      But this tree was put in my forest, because I want it to have protection […]
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