Borh-fæstan

Selon le Dictionnaire Anglo-Saxon :

geborh-fæstan;

borh-fæstan

p. -fæste; pp. -fæsted [borh a surety, fæstan to fasten] To fasten or bind by pledge or surety; fidejussione obligare :-- 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. borh-fæstan