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grith

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–noun Chiefly Scot.
protection or asylum for a limited period of time, as under church or crown.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME, OE < ON grith asylum, protection (as in a home)
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grith   (grĭth)   
n.  Protection or sanctuary provided by Old English law to persons in certain circumstances, as when in a church or traveling on the king's highway.

[Middle English, from Old English, from Old Norse gridh, domicile, asylum.]
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