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Old English Dictionary Entry

In-borh

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1 in-borh

gen. -borges ; m. A security required in cases where property had been stolen, bail :-- Gif hwá þífþe betogen sý ... ðonne niman ða ðe hit tógebyreþ on his ǽhtan inborh if any one be accused of theft . .. then let those to whom it appertains take security from his property, L. Ed. 6 ; Th. i.162, 20. Ðonne sette mon inborh let security be given [the property in dispute is þeófstolen, inborgo retineatur. Heore godfaderes scullen beo inborȝes for hem, O. E. Homl. i. 73, 32. Inboreges, ii. 17, 20.] in-borh
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ᛁᚾ-ᛒᚩᚱᚻ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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