| 单词 | god's bones |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(by) God's bones (by) God's bones int. (also †for God's bones) [compare post-classical Latin per os Dei (13th cent. in a British source)] now archaic ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > God's bones by corpus bonesc1386 cock's bonesc1405 God's bonesc1410 od's bonesa1895 c1410 (c1390) G. Chaucer Shipman's Tale (Harl. 7334) (1868) Prol. l. 4 For goddes boones Tel out a tale. a1450 (?a1390) J. Mirk Instr. Parish Priests (Claud.) (1974) l. 870 (MED) Hast þou be wonet to swere als, By goddes bones or herte, fals? 1573 New Custome iii. i. sig. D ij Else I will smite thee..by goddes bones. 1599 Hist. Syr Clyomon & Clamydes sig. F Gos bones, turne in that sheep there. 1986 B. Erskine Lady of Hay xxvii. 355 Your tongue betrays you for a shrew and, by God's bones, I'll make a whore of you as well! < as lemmas |
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