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fore-gísel

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A hostage given as security for the performance of a promise
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  • Eást-Engle hæfdon foregísla .vi. geseald and þéh ofer þá treówa . . . fóron hié,

    • Chr. 894
      • ;
    • P. 84, 20
      • .

  • Hié him þǽr foregíslas saldon, swá fela swá hé habban wolde, and micle áþas swóron, and þá gódne friþ heóldon,

    • 877
      • ;
    • P. 74, 20
      • .

  • Salde se here him forgíslas (gíslas, v. l.) and micle áþas þæt hié of his ríce uuoldon, and him eác gehéton þæt hiera kyning fulwihte onfón wolde; and hié þæt gelǽston swá,

    • 878
      • ;
    • P. 76, 13
      • .
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[
Icel. for-gísl.
]
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v.  gísel.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “fore-gísel.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/45548.

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