The Collaborative International Dictionary
Artow \Ar"tow\
A contraction of art thou. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
Wiktionary
contraction (context obsolete English) art thou
Usage examples of "artow".
It is very powerful, though, and carries its heavy artows accurately to a great distance.
To asken help thee shameth in thyn herte, If thou noon aske, so soore artow ywoundid That verray nede unwrappeth al thy wounde hid.
O Lucifer, brightest of aungels alle, Now artow Sathanas, that mayst nat twynne Out of miserie, in which that thou art falle.
I loved hir first, and tolde thee my wo As to my conseil, and to my brother sworn, To forthre me as I have toold biforn, For which thou art ybounden as a knyght To helpen me, if it lay in thy myght, Or elles artow fals, I dar wel seyn.
Sour is thy breeth, foul artow to embrace, And thurgh thy dronke nose semeth the soun, As though thow seydest ay, "Sampsoun!