Borg

Borh, Borhoe, Sax. In Saxon law. A pledge, pledge giver, or surety, (Lat. vas, fidejussor.) The name given among the Saxons to the head of each family composing a tithing or decennary, each being the pledge for the good conduct of the others. LL, Edw. Conf. c.

32. /Spe/man, voce.

Borsholder,Burghbrech, The word bor continues to be used at the present day in some parts of England, as in Norfolk, where it is employed as a common term of address by one person to another, in the sense of friend, neighbour, or companion.

Knight's F. Magazine, 1846, vol. 2, p. 103..

The word borg, or borh also anciently denoted not only the pledge giver, but the pledge itself so given, (fidejussio, plegium.) Spelman, voc. iurghbrech. See Friburg, Decennary, Tithing,