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firth

[furth]
–noun Chiefly Scot.
a long, narrow indentation of the seacoast.
Also, frith.


Origin:
1400–50; late ME (Scots) < ON firth-, s. of fjǫrthr fjord

Firth

[furth]
–noun
John Rupert, 1890–1960, English linguist.

Firth⋅i⋅an, adjective
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firth   (fûrth)   
n.   Scots
A long, narrow inlet of the sea.

[Middle English furth, from Old Norse fjördhr; see per-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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firth 
"arm of the sea, estuary of a river," c.1425, Scot., from O.N. fjörðr (see fjord).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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