† dieugardn.
Obsolete.
The salutation ‘God preserve you!’; a polite or formal salutation; a spoken salutation or word of recognition, as contrasted with a mere ‘beck’ or nod.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > greeting or salutation > specific greeting or salutation
dieugardc1380
good day?a1439
hail?a1513
good morrow1528
good even1534
how-do-ye1575
all hail?1589
good evening1606
ave1611
good morninga1616
how-do-you-do1632
good afternoon1771
recollections1816
chin chin1822
chi-hike1859
cheero1909
wagwan1983
c1380 Antecrist in Todd 3 Treat. Wyclif (1851) 149 Ne wiþ beckus ne wiþ dugardes as ypocritis usen.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) vi. l. 132 He salust thaim as it war bot in scorn: ‘Dewgar, gud day, bone senȝhour and gud morn.’
1565 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. (1611) 172 In the end you conclude, A becke is as good as a Dieugard.
1568 H. Charteris Pref. Lyndesay's Wks. ✠ ij b He cummis to the King, and efter greit dewgard & salutationis, he makis him as thocht he war [etc.].
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes So in your studies to attend, as your least becke may be his dieugarde.
1605 G. Chapman Al Fooles in Plays (1873) I. 168 Their winckes, their beckes, due gard, their treads a' the toe.
a1614 J. Melville Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) 263 The cheiff commanders mak sic dewgard and curtessie.
1620 Bp. J. Hall Honor Married Clergie iii. xi. 312 His Master Harding could not produce..any vow anciently required, or vndertaken; whether by beck, or Dieu-gard.
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