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BORH

  • noun [ masculine ]
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BORH, g. borges; d. borge; acc. borh; pl. nom. acc. borgas; g. a; d. um; m.
a security, pledge, loan, bail; fœnus
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  • Ic wille, ðæt ǽlc mann sý under borge ge binnan burgum ge bútan burgum

    I will that every man be under security both within cities and without cities,

      L. Edg. S. 3; Th. i. 274, 6.
  • Abere se borh ðæt he aberan scolde

    let the borh bear that he ought to bear,

      L. Edg. ii. 6; Th. i. 268, 9.
  • On his ágenon borge

    on his own security,

      L. Eth. i. 1; Th. i. 282, 10.
  • Gif ðú feoh to borge selle

    if thou give money on loan,

      L. Alf. 35; Th. i. 52, 21.
  • Be borges andsæce

    concerning a denial of a bail,

      L. In. 41; Th. i. 128, 1, note 1.
a person who gives security, a surety, bondsman, debtor; fidejussor, debitor.-Bail was taken by the Saxons from every person guilty of theft, homicide, witchcraft, etc: indeed, every person was under bail for his neighbour. It is generally thought, that the borh originated with king Alfred, but the first time we find it clearly expressed, is in the Laws of Ine, v.
Turner's Hist. of A. S. Bk. vi. Append,
    3, ch. 6, vol. ii. p. 499
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  • Sette getreówe borgas

    shall appoint true sureties,

      L. Eth. i. 1; Th. i. 280, 21: 280, 6, 7, 8: L. Ed. 6; Th. i. 162, 19, 20.
  • Ge asécaþ eówre borgas

    ye shall search out your debtors,

      L. E. I. 42; Th. ii. 438, 35.
Etymology
[Chauc. Wyc. borwe: R. Glouc. borewes, pl: Piers P. borgh: Laym. borh: Frs. borch, m: O. Frs. borh, borch, m: Dut. borg, m. and f: Ger. borg, m: M. H. Ger. borc, m.]
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v.  an-burge borg.
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  • BORH, n.