An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Bodmerei

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Bodmerei
Friedrich Kluge2506359An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B — Bodmerei1891John Francis Davis

Bodmerei, f., ‘money advanced on the security of the ship's keel or bottom’ (i.e. the ship itself), from Du. bodmerîe, E. bottomry (whence Fr. bomerie).