(a) A surety for another, guarantor, bail; plegges of court, members of a frankpledge [?mistransl.]; plegges and seurte; plegges and borwes, borwes and plegges, guarantors and sureties; wedes or seur plegges, guarantors or reliable sureties; finden plegge(s, to provide guarantor(s, find bail(s; somounen plegges, summon sureties; (b) a hostage; ~ and prisoner, prisoner and ~; deliveren (yeven) plegges, to give hostages; senden (yeven, yeven to) ~, give (sb.) as hostage; taken (to) ~, take (sb.) hostage; yelden up ~, release a hostage; (c) the condition of being a hostage; leien in (to) ~, to give (sb.) as hostage; lien in ~, be a hostage; hauen in ~, hold (sb.) as hostage; (d) something given as security, bail, a guarantee; also fig.; also, something jeopardized, a stake; also, something given in earnest of future payment [last quot.]; leien in ~, to stake (one's life, head, etc.); also, pawn (sth.); leien to ~, give (sth.) as security, pawn, mortgage; (e) a promise, an oath; also, an obligation; ~ dai, a day of renewing one's pledge to serve; (f) as surname.