frith

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But then they made an island in the sea, and south of that saw the mainland, and a great frith striking up into it.

From Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

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

As for the frith, it had shrunk to a dribble of water.

From Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

Also, the particular spot in a river or frith, where stationary nets are fixed.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

The night passed without attack, and by daylight they rowed out of the frith, and out to sea.

From Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America by Hewlett, Maurice Henry