Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
frithborg .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Old Eng. Law) The pledge and tithing, afterwards called by the Normans
frankpledge . Seefrankpledge .
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- noun historical, law, UK The
pledge andtithing , afterwards called by theNormans frankpledge .
Etymologies
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Anglo-Saxon friborh, from fri peace + borh, borg, pledge, akin to English borrow. The first part of the word was confused with free and the last part with borough.
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Examples
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It was upon this principle that a man who could not find the security of some tithing or friborg for his behavior, [67] he that was upon account of this universal desertion called Friendless Man, was by our ancestors condemned to death, -- a punishment which the lenity of the English laws in that time scarcely inflicted for any crime, however clearly proved: a circumstance which strongly marks the genius of the Saxon government.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763
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