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byrgea

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
byrgea, byrigea, byriga, berigea, an; m.
[borh, borg a pledge, security] A person who gives a pledge, a surety; fidejussor
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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
      • .

  • 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
      • .

  • Se man ðam óðrum byrigean geselle

    let the man give surety to the other,

    • L. H. E. 8
      • ;
    • Th. i. 30, 12
      • .

  • Gif he byrigan forwærne

    if he retuse surety,

    • 9, 10
      • ;
    • Th. i. 30, 15, 17
      • .

  • Him man wilsumne berigean geselle [MS. gefelle]

    let a man give him a sufficient surety,

    • 6
      • ;
    • Th. i. 30, 5
      • .
Derived forms
leód-gebyrgea
Linked entries
v.  borgian byrga byriga byrigea.
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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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