byrgea
- noun [ masculine ]
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Gif ðú hæbbe býrgean, mana ðone ðæs ángyldes
if thou have a surety, admonish him of the recompense,
- L. In. 22; Th. i. 116, 11.
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Mid lx scillinga gebéte ðam byrgean
let amends be made to the surely with sixty shillings,
- L. Alf. pol. 18; Th. i. 72, 12, 15, 16: L. In. 31; Th. i. 122,
6.
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Se man ðam óðrum byrigean geselle
let the man give surety to the other,
- L. H. E. 8; Th. i. 30, 12.
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Gif he byrigan forwærne
if he retuse surety,
- 9, 10; Th. i. 30, 15, 17.
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Him man wilsumne berigean geselle [MS. gefelle]
let a man give him a sufficient surety,
- 6; Th. i. 30, 5.
Bosworth, Joseph. “byrgea.” 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/5602.
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