| 单词 | to borrow |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto borrow a. A thing deposited as security, a pledge; a guarantee, bail; suretyship; ransom, deliverance. to borrow: as a pledge. to lay to borrow: to put in pledge, to pawn. In senses 1, 2 already obsolete or archaic in England in Spenser's time; but retained in Scots Law. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > [noun] > a pledge or security > pledge deposit borrowa975 weda1122 security1444 pawn1479 pledge1490 collateral1887 the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > pledge or deposit as security [verb (transitive)] setc1000 plight?c1225 lay1297 wagec1330 to lay to borrowc1405 pledgea1475 impledge1548 pawn1570 impawn1598 deposita1640 the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > [adverb] to, in wedOE to warec1460 borrow1489 (to give) under gage, upon gage1523 a975 Thorpe Laws I. 274 (Bosw.) Ic wille, ðæt ælc mann sy under borge. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 73 Heore godfaderes and heore godmoderes scullen..beo in borȝes et þe fonstan. a1300 Cursor Mundi 23792 Þat soru, Þat nakins borgh us fra mai boru. c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 2105 Hauyth here of myn herte blod to borwe If that ye wele. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 764 Ech of hem hadde leyd his feith to borwe. c1460 Sir Penny vii. 5 Withouten brugh & wed. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 625 Yartill in-to borwch draw I Myn herytage. 1542–3 Act 34 & 35 Hen. VIII xxvii. §58 Pledges or borows to pay the kinges fine. 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. May 150 Nay..by my deare borrow [gloss. that is our Saviour, the commen pledge of all men's debts to death]. 1631 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. xix. 80 It cannot stand with His honour to die in the borrows (as we use to say) and lose thee. 1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xv. 228 [They] concussed them into giving borrows (pledges,) to enter into captivity again. View more context for this quotation 1860 C. Innes Scotl. in Middle Ages 184 If a thief could find no borch he was hanged. < as lemmas |
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