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1.
frith
n.(2)
54 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) A royal forest, a game preserve; (b)
frith-mot, frith yeld, fridmannes mot
[cp. OE
mōt
toll, tax], an annual rent paid by certain townships in Delamere Forest (a royal forest in Chester) for the…
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