English

frithguild

From frith + guild.

A compound of frith + guild

Proto-Indo-European *perkʷ- ‘oak’

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Proto-West Germanic *furhu ‘fir’

Proto-West Germanic *furhiþi ‘forest, woodland’

Old English fyrhþe ‘forest, wooded country’

Middle English frith ‘forest, woodland’

English frith

Old Norse gildi ‘payment, guild’

Middle English gilde

English guild

Today it means

noun A sort of Anglo-Saxon frankpledge for the purpose of keeping order.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / frithguild