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grith (iou) and Vic. (iou)


grith (iou)



grith noun. . LOE.
[Old Norse grie domicile, Home, (pl.) truce, peace, pardon, quarter.]
a. Guaranteed Security; protection, defence; safe conduct. LOE-M17.
b. A place of protection; a sanctuary, an asylum. ME.
Law (now Hist.). In Anglo-Saxon England, Security, peace, or protection guaranteed under specific limits of time or place; (more fully church-grith) sanctuary, Security within the precincts of a church. LOE.
Peace. LOE-LME.
Mercy, quarter, esp. in battle. ME-L15.
Comb.: grithbreach breach of the peace; the penalty for this; grith-man a man, esp. a criminal, who has taken sanctuary.

Vic. (iou)



Vic. abbreviation.
Victoria.