Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Friborg"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Friborg \Fri"borg\, Friborgh \Fri"borgh\, n. [AS. fri?borh,
lit., peace PLAGE; fri? 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.
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