friþ

friþ

1. alternative form of frith (“peace”)

friþ

1. alternative form of frith (“forest”)

• ferþ

From Proto-West Germanic *friþu m, from Proto-Germanic *friþuz m, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *preyH- (“beloved, happy”).

• IPA^(key): /friθ/

friþ n or m

1. peace
   • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

     Æfter þǣm þe Rōmeburg ġetimbred wæs IIII hunde wintra ⁊ II, þætte Cartaina þǣre burge ǣrendracan cōmon tō Rōme ⁊ him ġebudon þæt hīe frið him betwēonum hæfden...

     Four hundred and two years after the city of Rome was built, messengers [from] the city of Carthage came to Rome and proposed that there be peace between them...

2. refuge, sanctuary

From the 9th C. displaced by ferþ (“mind, spirit”) in both contemporary and historical given names.

Strong a-stem:

• friþu

• Middle English: frith, ffryth, firth, freth, freþ, frið, friþ, friþþ, fryth, fryþ
  • English: frith

Earlier *frīd, from Proto-Germanic *frīdaz.

• IPA^(key): /friːθ/

frīþ

1. splendid, beautiful