† ˈfrithburgher Obs. local.
[Interpreted as f. frith n.2 + burgher; but perh. originally connected with frithborh.]
| 1587 in Chambers' Bk. Days I. 728 The Lord Bailiff..issued his summons..to choose four ‘Frith Burghers’..to act as jurymen. 1769 De Foe's Tour Gt. Brit. III. 151 If the Offence was committed..within the Bounds of the Forest, then there were Frithbourgers also to judge of the Fact, who were to be summoned out of the Forestholders, as they are called, who were to hold of that Frith, that is of the Forest. 1825 Hone Every-day Bk. I. 145 This officer summoned a jury of frith-burghers to try him. |