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in, into, to hostage
1. Pledge or security given to enemies or allies for the fulfilment of any undertaking by the handing over of one or more persons into their power; the standing, state, or condition of the persons thus handed over; chiefly in phrases in, into, to hostage. (No plural.) Obsolete.
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c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 399/231 Heo and manie oþer in ostage weren itake.
c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Otho) (1963) l. 2652 Hii wolleþ habbe. hure children to hostage [c1275 Calig. ȝisle].
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4987 Þijs oþer ten..Duel in ostage her wit me.
a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 3680 There was a maide sent hym into hostage.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 432 b/1 He was ledde..with hys two brethren in ostage or pledge for the delyueraunce of the sayd kyng theyr fader.
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxv. 223 Your brother layd hostage, promysynge that he wolde neuer retourne without he brought with hym ye admyrall Gaudys berde.
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde ii. viii. f. 80v Violatinge the lawe of hostage.
1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus iv. iv. 105 If he stand in hostage for his saftie. View more context for this quotation
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 6 [They] desired one or two of our men to goe ashoare, leauing hostage in our ship for their safe returne.
1726–31 N. Tindal tr. P. Rapin de Thoyras Hist. Eng. (1743) II. xvii. 97 To give the young King..in Hostage to the Queen.
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