A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Borowit, Borrowit, ppl. a. Also: borouit, bor(r)uit, barruit. [ME. (14th c.) and e.m.E. borowed.] Borrowed.1474 Treas. Acc. I. 54.
For borowyt siluire to thare expensis c1500-c1512 Dunb. Flyt. 201.
Ane borrowit goun c1552 Lynd. Mon. 164.
His borrowit licht 1580 Prot. Bk. J. Scott 17 b.
Of borrowit money 1596 Wedderburn Compt Bk. 89.
xl s. of borouit sylver 1627 Urie Baron Ct. 64.
Tua markis borruit money 1649 Acts VI. 442/2.
Sic barruit monyis as I sall find out
