frith

British  

/ frɪθ /

noun

1. a variant of firth

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Example Sentences

It stands upon the brink of a frith, about nine miles above Port Royal, and thence enjoys all the advantages of the chief mart in this trading country.

From The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans 1814-1815 by Gleig, G. R. (George Robert)

His frith will he give thee, if thou wilt but lead him to the king’s hiding place.

From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Madison, Lucy Foster

But then they made an island in the sea, and south of that saw the mainland, and a great frith striking up into it.

From Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

Now in mine arms I shall him fold, King of all kings by field and by frith; He might have had better, and Himself would, Than the breathing of these beasts to warm him with.

From Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse by Various

It crossed a species of creek, or rather frith, for the sea was at no considerable distance, and the small town of Noyo lay at our right. 

From The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] by Borrow, George Henry