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borrowhead
† ˈborrowhead2, -hood Obs. [f. borrow n. 2 + -head, -hood.] Suretyship.c 1380 Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 10 Þe boruheed of Crist þat witnessiþ ech trewe mannis truþe. ? a 1500 Robin Hood (Ritson) i. i. 955 Of the borowe hode thou spekest to me Herde I never ere. Oxford English Dictionary
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borrow-head
† borrow-head1 Obs. exc. Hist. (ˈbɒrəʊhɛd) [f. borrow n. 3 + head; cf. borsholder. The fuller form friðborhheved occurs in the (Latin) Laws of Edward the Confessor xx. Writers from the 16th c. onwards have often confounded borrow n. 3 with borough; hence the incorrect form borough-head, commonly ado... Oxford English Dictionary
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Headborough
In English law, the term headborough, head-borough, borough-head, borrowhead, or chief pledge, referred historically to the head of the legal, administrative wikipedia.org
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borsholder
borsholder Obs. exc. Hist. (ˈbɔːshəʊldə(r)) Also 6 borsolder, 6–8 bosholder, 7 bursholder, 9 in historical writers bors-, borhs-ealdor. [The spelling borghesaldre in the AF. Statutes of the Realm (I. 223) points to OE. *borᵹes aldor, f. borᵹes, gen. case of borh (borrow n. 3) + alder n.2 Not connect... Oxford English Dictionary
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thridborrow
ˈthirdborough, ˈthridborrow Obs. exc. Hist. Also 5–6 (7–8) thrid-, 6 thred-, thur-, thar-, 6–7 therd-; 5 -borro, 6 -bourogh(e, -borow(e, 6–7 -barow(e, -barrow, 7 -borrow, -bearer. [In 15th c. thridborro, 16th c. thridborowe, later third-borow; and with both elements variously corrupted. Early eviden... Oxford English Dictionary
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headborough
headborough (ˈhɛdˌbʌrə) Forms: 5 -borwe, 5–7 -borow, 6–7 -borowe, -boroughe, 7 -burrowe, -burrough, 8 -bourg, 6– -borough. Originally, the head of a friðborh, tithing, or frank-pledge (see borrow n. 3); afterwards a parish officer identical in functions with the petty constable; = borrowhead, borsho... Oxford English Dictionary
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borrow
▪ I. ˈborrow, n. Obs. exc. Hist. with the exception of sense 5. Forms: 1 borᵹ, 1–3 borh, 2–4 borȝ, (3 barh), 3–4 boru, borewe, 4 borou, Sc. borwch, (bourgh), 4–5 borwe, 4–7 borow(e, borgh(e, 5 Sc. borch(e, (brugh, borough), 6 boro, borge, (Sc. broche), 6–7 borrowe, 6–7, 9 borrow, (9 Hist. borh, borc... Oxford English Dictionary
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