grith
Americannoun
noun
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English legal history security, peace, or protection, guaranteed either in a certain place, such as a church, or for a period of time
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a place of safety or protection
Etymology
Origin of grith
before 1000; Middle English, Old English < Old Norse grith asylum, protection (as in a home)
Example Sentences
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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 George Tobias Flom
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 George Tobias Flom
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 Grant Allen
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