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fridstol

fridstol is the archaic form of frithstool.

Meaning of frithstool

Noun

frithstool (plural frithstools)

  1. (historical) An Anglo-Saxon stone seat, placed near the altar of a church, which afforded protection to those seeking sanctuary.

Forms of fridstol

pluralfridstols

Questions about fridstol

What is fridstol the archaic form of?
Fridstol is the archaic form of frithstool.

Words near fridstol in the dictionary

  1. Fridley
  2. Fridleys
  3. Fridman
  4. Fridmans
  5. Fridrich method
  6. fridstol
  7. fridstoll
  8. fridstolls
  9. fridstols
  10. fridstool
  11. fridstools

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fridstol (page history and authors); frithstool (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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