friþian

== Middle English == === Verb === friþian (Early Middle English) alternative form of frithen == Old English == === Alternative forms === freoþian friðian — edh spelling === Etymology === Equivalent to friþ +‎ -ian. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfri.θi.ɑn/, [ˈfri.ði.ɑn] === Verb === friþian to protect, defend to keep the peace for somebody or an institution to keep the sanctity of a holy day to grant immunity to a criminal to give asylum to somebody ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== friþiġend m (“protector”) ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: frithen, ffryþe, frethen, frythen, fyrthe, vreþie, friðen, friþian, fruðien (Early Middle English)Scots: freeth === References === Joseph Bosworth, edited by T. Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1882 T. Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary: Supplement, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1921