frith

Example Sentences

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He sailed up the frith in the early morning of a June day, and when Eric came out of doors, there was Leif's fine ship in the anchorage, and many boats about it.

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

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

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 Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

She kept her gaze for the tide in the frith, feeling it would be indiscreet to say more.

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

The window overlooked the North Loch and the swelling bank beyond, and the distant frith and the hills of Fife.

From Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters by Galt, John