"frithy" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more frithy [comparative], most frithy [superlative]
Etymology: From frith (“forest, wood”) + -y. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|frith|y|id2=adjectival|t1=forest, wood}} frith (“forest, wood”) + -y Head templates: {{en-adj}} frithy (comparative more frithy, superlative most frithy)
  1. Woody; relating to brushwood, undergrowth, or a partial clearing in a forest
    Sense id: en-frithy-en-adj-71gohfmC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adjective

Forms: more frithy [comparative], most frithy [superlative]
Etymology: From frith (“peace, security”) + -y. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|frith|y|id2=adjectival|t1=peace, security}} frith (“peace, security”) + -y Head templates: {{en-adj}} frithy (comparative more frithy, superlative most frithy)
  1. (rare, nonstandard) Providing protection from ill effects. Tags: nonstandard, rare Related terms: frith
    Sense id: en-frithy-en-adj-1Smhqjia Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival): 33 67 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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          "ref": "1523, John Skelton, A ryght delectable tratyse upon a goodly Garlande or Chapelet of Laurell; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 312, line 22:",
          "text": "Thus stode I in the frytthy forest of Galtres, […]",
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          "ref": "1804, J Story, The Power of Solitude, a Poem, in Two Parts, page 92:",
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          "ref": "2017, Joshua K. Sapp, The Shaky Season:",
          "text": "\"Well,\" he met the Choco's glare, \"we can't very well have him looking like some frithy trail wanderer out for a lowsun stroll, that looks bad on us.”",
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