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Vinony

firth

noun

  1. word in the Lowland Scots language and in English used to denote various coastal waters in Scotland and England
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Wiktionary

name

Etymology: * As an English and Scottish surname, from Old English fyrhþe (“forest”). * As a Scottish surname, from Firth in Orkney, itself from Old Norse fjǫrðr (“firth”). * As a Welsh surname, from ffrith, itself borrowed from the first sense.

  1. A surname.
  2. A town in Bingham County, Idaho, United States.
  3. A village in Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States.
  4. A parish on the Bay of Firth, Mainland, Orkney Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HY3514 (approx.)
  5. A small village in north-east Mainland, Shetland Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HU4473).
  6. A hamlet south-east of Lilliesleaf, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT5423).

noun

Etymology: From Middle English fyrth, a metathetic variant of frith (“forest”), from Old English fyrhþe, fyrhþ (“forest, wooded country; game preserve, hunting ground”), from Proto-West Germanic *furhiþi (“forest, woodland”), Proto-Germanic *furhiþją (“forest, wooded country”), *furhiþǭ, from *furhu (“fir; pine”), from *furahō, *furhō (“fir; pine; (fir or pine) forest”), from Proto-Indo-European *pérkus (“oak”), from *perkʷ- (“oak”).

  1. Alternative form of frith (“a forest used for hunting; a (small) wood; wooded country; land covered mainly by brushwood”).