Á-borgian

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - á-borgian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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á-borgian
Add: I. to be security for (a) a person, to borrow :-- Hit gelamp ðæt hire fæder áborgude .xxx. punda æt Godan, Ch. Th. 201, 15. a-borgian

Related words: ex. in Dict. (b) an agreement :-- Beháte hé and on wedde sylle ðæt . . ., and áborgian his frýnd ðæt, L. Edm. B. 1; Th. i. 254, 7. Weddige sebrýdguma ðæs, and hit áborgian hís frýnd, 2; Th. i. 254, 9. 11.

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