borgensman

Swedish

Etymology

borgen (“surety”) +‎ -s- +‎ man. Compare Icelandic borganarmaðr.

Noun

borgensman c

(law) surety, guarantor (one who undertakes to pay money in the event that the principal fails to do so)

Declension

Declension of borgensman
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	borgensman	borgensmannen	borgensmän	borgensmännen
Genitive	borgensmans	borgensmannens	borgensmäns	borgensmännens

References

borgensman in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
borgensman in Svensk ordbok (SO)
borgensman in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
borgensman in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

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