Etymograph

English

friborg

Friborg comes from Old English friborh.

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150friborh
  2. Englishtodayfriborg

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150friborh
  2. Englishtodayfriborg

A compound of fri ‘peace’ + borg ‘pledge’

Proto-West Germanic *friu

Old English frēo ‘peace’

The story

Revived from Old English friborh, from fri (‘peace’) + borh, borg (‘pledge’) (akin to English borrow). The former element was confused with free, and the latter with borough.

Every English word from Old English friborh

Today it means

noun The pledge and tithing, afterwards called by the Normans frankpledge.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Old English friborh / friborg

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