Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to frith
Participle: frithed
Gerund: frithing
Indicative
Present
| I | frith |
| you | frith |
| he;she;it | friths |
| we | frith |
| you | frith |
| they | frith |
Perfect
| I | have frithed |
| you | have frithed |
| he;she;it | has frithed |
| we | have frithed |
| you | have frithed |
| they | have frithed |
Past
| I | frithed |
| you | frithed |
| he;she;it | frithed |
| we | frithed |
| you | frithed |
| they | frithed |
Pluperfect
| I | had frithed |
| you | had frithed |
| he;she;it | had frithed |
| we | had frithed |
| you | had frithed |
| they | had frithed |
Future
| I | will frith |
| you | will frith |
| he;she;it | will frith |
| we | will frith |
| you | will frith |
| they | will frith |
Future Perfect
| I | will have frithed |
| you | will have frithed |
| he;she;it | will have frithed |
| we | will have frithed |
| you | will have frithed |
| they | will have frithed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | frith |
| you | frith |
| he;she;it | frith |
| we | frith |
| you | frith |
| they | frith |
Perfect
| I | have frithed |
| you | have frithed |
| he;she;it | have frithed |
| we | have frithed |
| you | have frithed |
| they | have frithed |
Imperfect
| I | frithed |
| you | frithed |
| he;she;it | frithed |
| we | frithed |
| you | frithed |
| they | frithed |
Pluperfect
| I | had frithed |
| you | had frithed |
| he;she;it | had frithed |
| we | had frithed |
| you | had frithed |
| they | had frithed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would frith |
| you | would frith |
| he;she;it | would frith |
| we | would frith |
| you | would frith |
| they | would frith |
Perfect
| I | would have frithed |
| you | would have frithed |
| he;she;it | would have frithed |
| we | would have frithed |
| you | would have frithed |
| they | would have frithed |
Imperative
| you | frith |
| we | Let's frith |
| you | frith |
Verbs conjugated like 'frith'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'frith'
frit,
fritz,
froth,
brit,
crit,
fifth,
fish,
fit,
flit,
flitch,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 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”).
2. 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”). See: Middle English '
frithen', Old English '
friþian', Proto-Germanic '
*friþōną', Danish '
frede', Swedish '
freda', Icelandic '
friða'.
Sample Sentences
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This monument and the Cairns themselves have been purchast by the State, and are now therefore "frithed", protected and national property. [1868, George Stephens, The Old-Northern Runic Monuments of Scandanavia and England, page 732:]
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Thus the king declares that he wants to see his peace or 'frith' extended to his people and that moots are urged to 'frith all that the king wills to be frithed [1973, University of Western Australia Law Review - Volume 11, page 21:]
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On the other of these improvements, the base of the mound was six feet, its height five feet, and breadth at the top nearly the same; this, with the side-drains or ditches on each side, made the whole scite of the fence about 12 feet; cost of raising the mound and frithing, 4s . per perch. [1808, Charles Vancouver, General View of the Agriculture of the County of Devon, page 134:]
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In the halfe circle enclosed between the flood-gate and the compasse frith, there is digged a round pit, of three foot diameter, and foure foot depth, frithed on the sides, which is continually fedde with the water soaking from the sayd flood-gate, and serueth to keepe any fish aliue, that you haue before taken, and so to saue ouer often drawing. [1811, Richard Carew, Thomas Tonkin, Francis Basset Baron Basset of Stratton, Carew's Survey of Cornwall, page 249:]
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During the same period, Mr. Davis has also enclosed open copse-woods of oak, on the south of the Teivy 90 acres, on the north of the teivy, 100 acres: all fenced with a foss and mound, planted on the top with quicks, which are "frithed" or guarded on the outside by a hedge of wattled trouse. [1815, Great Britain. Board of Agriculture, Agricultural Surveys: pts. 1-2. South Wales (1815), page 51:]