1. Peace or sanctuary, especially a place of refuge or protection from violence or persecution.
Usage: archaic; chiefly historical
2. In medieval law, a truce or peace agreement; a period during which violence is forbidden.
Usage: archaic; historical

Examples

• The fugitive sought grith within the monastery walls.
• Medieval kings sometimes granted grith to protect merchants traveling through their lands.
• The church offered grith to those fleeing persecution.
• A period of grith was declared to allow negotiations between the warring factions.
• Under the protection of grith, the refugees found temporary peace.