单词 | st john to borrow! |
释义 | > as lemmasSt. John to borrow! ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > give assurance or stand surety [verb (intransitive)] to lay one's life, head, to wed971 to find (take) God, Mahoun, St. Blase, St. George, etc. to borrowa1330 again-behotea1382 to make (also do) faitha1382 pledge1458 to make (also give) warrantisea1535 undertake1548 subscribe1600 underwrite1623 seal1633 underwritea1657 hedge1676 vouch1687 to stand surety (or security)1776 to take warrant on oneself1828 stipulate1829 a1330 Otuel 305 Ich wole finde mahoun to borwe, Ich wile be redi erliche to morwe. c1386 G. Chaucer Squire's Tale 596 I hidde fro hym my sorwe And took hym by the hond, seint John to borwe. 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 34 But I dare take God to borwe. 1423 Kingis Quair xxiii With mony ‘fare wele’ and ‘sanct Iohne to borowe’. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iii. l. 336 Thar leyff thai tuk, with comforde..Sanct Ihone to borch thai suld meyt haille agayn. a1529 J. Skelton Howe Douty Duke of Albany in Wks. (1568) sig. G.iii Sainct George to borowe Ye shall haue shame and sorowe. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 519 All salbe weill, I find ȝow God to borrow. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III f. lv Now sent George to borowe, let vs set forwarde. a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) iv. viii. sig. H.jv What then? sainct George to borow, our Ladies knight. 1559 D. Lindsay Test. Papyngo l. 701 in Wks. (1931) I We sall..mak ȝow saif: we fynd sanct Blase to borgh. < as lemmas |
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