friborg

== English == === Alternative forms === friborgh fribourg friburgh === Etymology === From Old English 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. === Noun === friborg (plural friborgs) (historical, law, UK) The pledge and tithing, afterwards called by the Normans frankpledge === References === “friborg”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.