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in-borh

  • noun [ masculine ]
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in-borh, gen. -borges ; m.
A security required in cases where property had been stolen, bail
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  • Gif hwá þífþe betogen sý ... ðonne niman ða ðe hit tógebyreþ on his ǽhtan inborh

    if any one be accused of theft . .. then let those to whom it appertains take security from his property,

    • L. Ed. 6
    • ;
    • Th. i.162, 20.
  • Ðonne sette mon inborh

    let security be given [the property in dispute isþeófstolen,

    • v. l. 12]
    • ,
    • L. O. D. 8
    • ;
    • Th. i. 356, 10
    • .
Etymology
[Cf. L. H. 1; Th. i. 589, 19, de suo aliquid pro inborgo retineatur. Heore godfaderes scullen beo inborȝes for hem, O. E. Homl. i. 73, 32. Inboreges, ii. 17, 20.]
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  • in-borh, n.