The Collaborative International Dictionary
Borwe
Borwe \Bor"we\, n.
Pledge; borrow. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
Usage examples of "borwe".
And thus they been departed til amorwe, Whan ech of hem had leyd his feith to borwe.
Maugree thyn heed thou most for indigence Or stele, or begge, or borwe thy despence!
This cursed man hath in his hond yhent This poysoun in a box, and sith he ran Into the nexte strete unto a man And borwed hym of large botels thre.
As I best myghte, I hidde fro hym my sorwe, And took hym by the hond, seint John to borwe, And seyde hym thus, `Lo I am youres al.
To muchel folk we doon illusioun, And borwe gold, be it a pound or two, Or ten, or twelve, or manye sommes mo, And make hem wenen at the leeste weye That of a pound we koude make tweye.