firthn.¹

Brit.

/fəːθ/, U.S.

/fərθ/

Forms: Middle English firþe, fyrþe, Middle English–1500s fyrth, 1500s– firth.

Etymology: Metathesis of frith n.²

Chiefly northern. Obsolete or archaic.

A synonym of frith n.² in some of its senses: A deer-forest, hunting-ground; a piece of ground covered with brushwood with a few trees; a coppice, small wood. In poetry frequent in alliterative phrases, firth and fell, firth and field, firth and fold: see frith n.²

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting area > [noun] > forest or park

park1222

hainc1275

forest1297

firth?a1400

nether vert1598

haya1640

the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [noun] > wooded land

wold786

frith?826

woodland869

woodc897

rough1332

foresta1375

firth?a1400

weald1544

bocage1644

parkland1649

bush1780

sylvanry1821

forestry1823

belting1844

rukh1856

treescape1885

bush1912

the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [noun] > wooded land > types of

ripplelOE

wildwooda1122

rough1332

firth?a1400

tod stripec1446

osiard1509

bush1523

bush-ground1523

fritha1552

island1638

oak landc1658

pinelandc1658

piney wood1666

broom-land1707

pine barrenc1721

pine savannah1735

savannah1735

thick woods1754

scrub-land1779

olive wood1783

primeval forest1789

open wood1790

strong woods1792

scrub1805

oak flata1816

sertão1816

sprout-land1824

flatwoods1841

bush-land1842

tall timber1845

amber forest1846

caatinga1846

mahogany scrub1846

bush-flat1847

myall country1847

national forest1848

selva1849

monte1851

virgin forest1851

bush-country1855

savannah forest1874

bush-range1879

bushveld1879

protection forest1889

mulga1896

wood-bush1896

shinnery1901

fringing forest1903

monsoon forest1903

rainforest1903

savannah woodland1903

thorn forest1903

tropical rainforest1903

gallery forest1920

cloud forest1922

rain jungle1945

mato1968

the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [noun] > planted, cultivated, or valued > coppice or grove

hurst822

grove889

wood bough?c1225

wood lay?c1225

wood lind?c1225

wood rise?c1225

spring1396

firth?a1400

berwec1440

spring?c1475

grovet1504

coppice1538

copsewood1543

sherwood1562

hewt1575

copse1578

grove-crop1582

berrie1591

low wood1591

spinney1597

spinet1604

spring wood1607

roughet1616

oart1690

toft1706

under-grove1731

bosket1737

busket1803

?a1400 Morte Arth. 1708 We have foundene in ȝone firthe..ffifty thosandez of folke of ferse mene of armez.

c1425 Wyntoun Cron. i. xiii. 52 Ane Lande..Of Fyrth, and Felde.

c1480 (a1400) St. Blaise 76 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 363 Þane send he ma knychtis..to hwnt in-[to] þat sammyn fyrth.

1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid vii. Prol. 162 Quhen frostis days ourfret bayth fyrth and fauld.

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 593 The fox that rynnis in the firth.

1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 682 Fyne foullis in Fyrth.

1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Life Agricola in tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. 250 The firths and the thickets hee prooued the first in his owne person.

1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 833 Looking over firth and fauld, Her horn the pale-fac'd Cynthia rear'd.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

firthn.²

Brit.

/fəːθ/, U.S.

/fərθ/

Forms: Also Middle English fyrth. See also frith n.³

Origin: Apparently a borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse fiǫrðr.

Etymology: apparently < Old Norse fiǫrðr: see fjord n.Firth or frith was originally a Scots word, introduced into English literary use c1600.

An arm of the sea; an estuary of a river.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > system > [noun] > mouth or outfall

mouthlOE

issue1423

firthc1425

estuary15..

fall1511

port1555

inset1559

water mouth1574

open1582

emboguing1603

ostium1611

inver1615

outfall1629

ostiary1646

influx1652

disclosure1660

discharge1688

waterfoot1730

outflux1739

embouchure1792

sortie1809

beal1819

debouchure1832

salting-place1842

embouchement1844

debouchment1859

ria1887

the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > bend in coast > [noun] > inlet in river or sea > in sea

fleetc893

pillOE

arm of the seaOE

sounda1300

lougha1387

bracec1400

lough1423

firthc1425

loch1427

resort1477

estuarya1552

inshot1555

mere1574

portlet1577

fret1587

frith1600

sea-gate1605

creek1625

sea-lochc1645

wick1664

fjord1674

voea1688

backwater1867

strait gulf1867

ocean-arm1871

ria1887

fjard1904

geo1934

c1425 Wyntoun Cron. vi. xx. 108 Þai..of fors, as wynd þame movyd, Come in þe Fyrth.

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) iii. vi. 123 The ile of Sycill devydit hess alhaill; Ane narow fyrth flowis..Betwix tha costis.

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 9 So hapnit tham..to wend Out throw ane firth endlang ane cragie cost.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 43 In many firths and armes of the sea.

1637 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. lxxxiv. 215 Glad may our souls be that are safe over the firth.

1774 N. Nicholls Corr. with Gray (1843) 175 The Castle, from whose summit the Firth of Forth is seen for many miles.

1839 W. Chambers Tour Holland 31/1 A neck of sea..possessing all the appearance of a navigable firth.

1865 A. Geikie Scenery & Geol. Scotl. 125 The sea runs inland in long narrow firths.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	firth
释义	firthn.¹ Brit. /fəːθ/, U.S. /fərθ/ Forms: Middle English firþe, fyrþe, Middle English–1500s fyrth, 1500s– firth. Etymology: Metathesis of frith n.² Chiefly northern. Obsolete or archaic. A synonym of frith n.² in some of its senses: A deer-forest, hunting-ground; a piece of ground covered with brushwood with a few trees; a coppice, small wood. In poetry frequent in alliterative phrases, firth and fell, firth and field, firth and fold: see frith n.² ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting area > [noun] > forest or park park1222 hainc1275 forest1297 firth?a1400 nether vert1598 haya1640 the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [noun] > wooded land wold786 frith?826 woodland869 woodc897 rough1332 foresta1375 firth?a1400 weald1544 bocage1644 parkland1649 bush1780 sylvanry1821 forestry1823 belting1844 rukh1856 treescape1885 bush1912 the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [noun] > wooded land > types of ripplelOE wildwooda1122 rough1332 firth?a1400 tod stripec1446 osiard1509 bush1523 bush-ground1523 fritha1552 island1638 oak landc1658 pinelandc1658 piney wood1666 broom-land1707 pine barrenc1721 pine savannah1735 savannah1735 thick woods1754 scrub-land1779 olive wood1783 primeval forest1789 open wood1790 strong woods1792 scrub1805 oak flata1816 sertão1816 sprout-land1824 flatwoods1841 bush-land1842 tall timber1845 amber forest1846 caatinga1846 mahogany scrub1846 bush-flat1847 myall country1847 national forest1848 selva1849 monte1851 virgin forest1851 bush-country1855 savannah forest1874 bush-range1879 bushveld1879 protection forest1889 mulga1896 wood-bush1896 shinnery1901 fringing forest1903 monsoon forest1903 rainforest1903 savannah woodland1903 thorn forest1903 tropical rainforest1903 gallery forest1920 cloud forest1922 rain jungle1945 mato1968 the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [noun] > planted, cultivated, or valued > coppice or grove hurst822 grove889 wood bough?c1225 wood lay?c1225 wood lind?c1225 wood rise?c1225 spring1396 firth?a1400 berwec1440 spring?c1475 grovet1504 coppice1538 copsewood1543 sherwood1562 hewt1575 copse1578 grove-crop1582 berrie1591 low wood1591 spinney1597 spinet1604 spring wood1607 roughet1616 oart1690 toft1706 under-grove1731 bosket1737 busket1803 ?a1400 Morte Arth. 1708 We have foundene in ȝone firthe..ffifty thosandez of folke of ferse mene of armez. c1425 Wyntoun Cron. i. xiii. 52 Ane Lande..Of Fyrth, and Felde. c1480 (a1400) St. Blaise 76 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 363 Þane send he ma knychtis..to hwnt in-[to] þat sammyn fyrth. 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid vii. Prol. 162 Quhen frostis days ourfret bayth fyrth and fauld. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 593 The fox that rynnis in the firth. 1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 682 Fyne foullis in Fyrth. 1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Life Agricola in tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. 250 The firths and the thickets hee prooued the first in his owne person. 1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 833 Looking over firth and fauld, Her horn the pale-fac'd Cynthia rear'd. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). firthn.² Brit. /fəːθ/, U.S. /fərθ/ Forms: Also Middle English fyrth. See also frith n.³ Origin: Apparently a borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse fiǫrðr. Etymology: apparently < Old Norse fiǫrðr: see fjord n.Firth or frith was originally a Scots word, introduced into English literary use c1600. An arm of the sea; an estuary of a river. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > system > [noun] > mouth or outfall mouthlOE issue1423 firthc1425 estuary15.. fall1511 port1555 inset1559 water mouth1574 open1582 emboguing1603 ostium1611 inver1615 outfall1629 ostiary1646 influx1652 disclosure1660 discharge1688 waterfoot1730 outflux1739 embouchure1792 sortie1809 beal1819 debouchure1832 salting-place1842 embouchement1844 debouchment1859 ria1887 the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > bend in coast > [noun] > inlet in river or sea > in sea fleetc893 pillOE arm of the seaOE sounda1300 lougha1387 bracec1400 lough1423 firthc1425 loch1427 resort1477 estuarya1552 inshot1555 mere1574 portlet1577 fret1587 frith1600 sea-gate1605 creek1625 sea-lochc1645 wick1664 fjord1674 voea1688 backwater1867 strait gulf1867 ocean-arm1871 ria1887 fjard1904 geo1934 c1425 Wyntoun Cron. vi. xx. 108 Þai..of fors, as wynd þame movyd, Come in þe Fyrth. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) iii. vi. 123 The ile of Sycill devydit hess alhaill; Ane narow fyrth flowis..Betwix tha costis. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 9 So hapnit tham..to wend Out throw ane firth endlang ane cragie cost. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 43 In many firths and armes of the sea. 1637 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. lxxxiv. 215 Glad may our souls be that are safe over the firth. 1774 N. Nicholls Corr. with Gray (1843) 175 The Castle, from whose summit the Firth of Forth is seen for many miles. 1839 W. Chambers Tour Holland 31/1 A neck of sea..possessing all the appearance of a navigable firth. 1865 A. Geikie Scenery & Geol. Scotl. 125 The sea runs inland in long narrow firths. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹?a1400n.²c1425
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