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单词 st john to borrow!
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St. John to borrow!
c. to find (take) God, Mahoun, St. Blase, St. George, etc. to borrow, i.e. as security for one's truth, good faith, or honour; later as an asseveration = In God's name, By St. George, St. George to speed! St. John to borrow! a Scottish formula at parting (= au revoir int.), as to the origin of which see quot. 1488. Obsolete.
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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.
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