borgensman

Swedish

Etymology

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

Noun

borgensman c

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

Declension

Declension of borgensman

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	borgensman	borgensmans
	definite	borgensmannen	borgensmannens
plural	indefinite	borgensmän	borgensmäns
	definite	borgensmännen	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)