Frith
Frith (frith) , noun
[Old English firth, Icelandic fjorer; akin to Swedish fjard, Danish fiord, English ford. r78. See Ford, n., and compare Firth, Fiord, Fret a frith, Port a harbor.]
1.
(Geography) A narrow arm of the sea; an estuary; the opening of a river into the sea; as, the Frith of Forth. Also called firth.
2.
A kind of weir for catching fish. [English] — Carew
Frith , noun
[Old English frith peace, protection, land inclosed for hunting, park, forest, Anglo-Saxon frie peace; akin to frenoe peace, protection, asylum, German friede peace, Icelandic frier, and from the root of English free, friend. See Free, a., and compare Affray, Defray.]
1.
A forest; a woody place. [Obsolete] — Drayton
2.
A small field taken out of a common, by inclosing it; an inclosure. [Obsolete] — Sir J. Wynne