borge

He therefore threatened to prohibit his subjects from engaging in commerce with the Dutch unless the governor of Taiwan would personally guarantee [sich borge stellen] that Chenggong's junks would thenceforth be safe from Dutch depredations and that Batavia would make no decision to forbid his junks from trading in Southeast Asia.

How Taiwan Became Chinese 2006

But I'll save it for next weekend, so that when I do decide to borge, I'll have an incentive to do it properly, instead of screwing up like I did in the past 2 days.

jaimewolf Diary Entry jaimewolf 2003