Frithstool
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title:
Frithstool
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Among ancient English writers, a frithstool, frith stool or fridstool signified a seat, chair, or place of peace, in reference to the Anglo-Saxon concept of frith. The most famous surviving examples are in Beverley Minster and Hexham Abbey. That in Beverley has the inscription Haec sedes lapidea Freedstoll dicitur, i.e. Pacis Cathedra, ad quam reus fugiendo perveniens, omnimodam habet securitatem. Also, fridstoll or frithstow, Old English frithstól, frythstól, freedstool, fridstool, meaning (a).
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frithstool
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2023-05-19T11:12:19Z
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