frith
Example Sentences
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He was placed very young under the discipline of St. Servanus, bishop and abbot of Culros, a monastery, situated upon the frith which divides Lothian from Fife.
From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Alban Butler
They jumped off the ship's side on to the sand, which was firm and white, and ran to shore, and up the frith, where the going was easy for a mile or two.
From Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America by Maurice Henry Hewlett
Now in mine arms I shall him fold, King of all kings by field and by frith; He might have had better, and Himself would, Than the breathing of these beasts to warm him with.
From Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse by Various
Where so ever ye fare by frith or by fell, My dear child, take heed how Trystram do you tell.
From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Thomas Frognall Dibdin
On their way back to the ship they struck the frith nearer to the mouth than where the anchorage was.
From Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America by Maurice Henry Hewlett
