Firth vs. Frith — What's the Difference?

Firth is a word in the English and Scots languages used to denote various coastal waters in the United Kingdom, predominantly within Scotland. In the Northern Isles, it more usually refers to a smaller inlet.

Frith is an Old English word meaning "peace; protection; safety, security".

A long, narrow inlet of the sea.

A firth.

An arm or inlet of the sea; a river estuary.

Peace; security.

Alternative form of frith

(obsolete) Sanctuary, asylum.

An arm of the sea; a frith.

A forest or wood; woodland generally.

English linguist who contributed to linguistic semantics and to prosodic phonology and who was noted for his insistence on studying both sound and meaning in context (1890-1960)

Land with mostly undergrowth and few trees; also, land in between forests or woods; pastureland which is not in use.

A long narrow estuary (especially in Scotland)

Brushwood or undergrowth, sometimes in the form of a hedge.

A hedge, especially one made from brushwood which has been wattled; also, a movable frame made from wattled branches, a hurdle.

(obsolete) A kind of weir made from wattled branches for catching fish.

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To protect; guard.

To enclose; fence in, as a forest or park.

A narrow arm of the sea; an estuary; the opening of a river into the sea; as, the Frith of Forth. Also called firth.

A kind of weir for catching fish.

A forest; a woody place.

A small field taken out of a common, by inclosing it; an inclosure.