Fore-gísel

According to the Old English Dictionary:

fore-gísel

Substitute: A hostage given as security for the performance of a promise:--Eást-Engle hæfdon foregísla .vi. geseald and þéh ofer þá treówa . . . fóron hié, Chr. 894; P. 84, 20. Hié him þǽr foregíslas saldon, swá fela swá hé habban wolde, and micle áþas swóron, and þá gódne friþ heóldon, 877; P. 74, 20. Salde se here him forgíslas (gíslas, ) and micle áþas þæt hié of his ríce uuoldon, and him eác gehéton þæt hiera kyning fulwihte onfón wolde; and hié þæt gelǽston swá, 878; P. 76, 13. [Icel. for-gísl.] fore-gisel

Related words: l.