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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
friborg \fri"borg\, friborgh \fri"borgh\, n. as. friethborh,
   lit., peace pledge; frieth peace + borh, borg, pledge, akin
   to e. borrow. the first part of the word was confused with
   free, the last part, with borough. old eng. law
   the pledge and tithing, afterwards called by the normans
   frankpledge. see frankpledge. written also friburgh
   and fribourg. --burril.
   1913 webster
see also:
frankpledge frankpledge friburgh fribourg 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
frankpledge \frank"pledge`\, n. frank free + pledge. o. eng.
   law
   a a pledge or surety for the good behavior of freemen, --
       each freeman who was a member of an ancient decennary,
       tithing, or friborg, in england, being a pledge for the
       good conduct of the others, for the preservation of the
       public peace; a free surety.
   b the tithing itself. --bouvier.
       1913 webster

             the servants of the crown were not, as now, bound
             in frankpledge for each other.       --macaulay.
       1913 webster


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