Borh-hand

Secondo il Dizionario dell'Inglese Antico:

borh-hand

Substitute; m., f. A surety, bail, sponsor :-- þes borh-hand hic vas, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 50, 15: hic praes, 60, 16. Borhhand sponsor vel praes vel fidejussor vel vas vel vadator, Wrt. Voc. i. 60, 50. Borh-hond fidejussor, Kent. Gl. 742. Ic mínre heortan eágan tó þǽre mínre borhhanda (the Virgin Mary) up áhóf, hi biddende ꝥ heó mé gefultum-ode, Hml. S. 23 b, 560. Borhhande vades (cum his, qui vades se offerunt pro debitis), Kent. Gl. 848. borh-hand