{ Fri"borg , Fri"borgh } (?),
n. [AS. friðborh, lit., peace pledge;
frið 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.