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borh-fæstan

  • verb [ weak ]
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borh-fæstan, geborh-fæstan; p. -fæste; pp. -fæsted [borh a surety, fæstan to fasten]
To fasten or bind by pledge or surety; fidejussione obligare
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  • Man borhfæst ðam cyninge [MS. kyninge] ealle ða þægnas

    they bound by pledge all the thanes to the king,

      Chr. 1051; Ing. 228, 33; Erl. 181, 5.
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v.  fæstan.
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