grith

American  

[grith] / grɪθ /

noun

Chiefly Scot.

1. protection or asylum for a limited period of time, as under church or crown.

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grith British  

/ ɡrɪθ /

noun

1. English legal history security, peace, or protection, guaranteed either in a certain place, such as a church, or for a period of time

2. a place of safety or protection

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Etymology

Origin of grith

before 1000; Middle English, Old English < Old Norse grith asylum, protection (as in a home)

Example Sentences

Trí maic beres neóit do deinmnait: crith, dochell, grith. deinmnet N grith crith doicell N 145.

From The Triads of Ireland by Meyer, Kuno

O. N. i generally remains i: bing, grith, kist, link, lite, titling, wilrone, frequently written y: byng, chyngill, gyll, etc.

From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by Flom, George Tobias

But, from an early date, the English themselves were fond of verbal jingles, such as "Scot and lot," "sac and soc," "frith and grith," "eorl and ceorl," or "might and right."

From Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain by Allen, Grant

Trí gretha tige degláich: grith fodla, grith suide, grith coméirge. tri grith L tri gartha M fogla L suigidhe BM 100.

From The Triads of Ireland by Meyer, Kuno

O. N. ð, þ quite regularly > th: baith, bletherb, raith, buith, degraith, firth, garth, graith, ithand, lythe, mythe, hething, harth, grith, gyrth, waith, vath, sleuth, tath, skaith, wandreth, etc.

From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by Flom, George Tobias