God-a-mercyint.n.

Brit.

/ˌɡɒdəˈməːsi/, U.S.

/ˌɡɑdəˈmərsi/

Forms:

α. late Middle English– God-a-mercy, 1500s gathamercy, 1500s godamarsey, 1500s god a marsy, 1600s Gadamercy, 1600s Godamarcie, 1600s god-a-massy, 1600s Godamercie.

β. 1600s God have mercy.

γ. 1600s God-ha-mercy, 1800s God-ha'mercy (English regional (East Anglian)).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: god n., have v., mercy n.

Etymology: < god n. + the present subjunctive of have v. (compare forms at have v.) + mercy n. (compare mercy n. 3 and mercy n. 6), used in the sense ‘God reward you’, and hence as an expression of thanks. Compare earlier mercy int. 2 and gramercy int.

Now archaic.

A. int.

a. Used as an exclamation of applause or thanks, or (in later use) to express surprise, distress, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > gratitude > thanks [interjection] > thanks to divine providence

thank Godc1330

God-a-mercya1500

God-a-thank1657

thank goodness1811

thank heaven1840

thank God for that1918

thanks be1924

T.G.1934

a1500 (a1400) Sir Eglamour (Cambr.) (1844) l. 96 ‘Nay, syr..Ye are a nobylle knyght... God a mercy, syr!’ seyde hee.

?c1500 Mary Magdalene (Digby) l. 619 (MED) God a mercy, symont, þat þou wylt me knowe!

1568 Like Will to Like A iv By masse god a marsy my vreend nickol.

a1600 King & Barker 116 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 9 Godamarsey, sayd our kyng, of they serueyse to daye.

a1607 H. Chettle Trag. Hoffman (1631) sig. D3^v Well god-a-mercy friend, thou got'st me grace: But more of that at leasure.

?c1640 W. Rowley et al. Witch of Edmonton (1658) i. ii. 9 Warb. Wilt be angry, Wasp? O. Cart. God-a-mercy, Sue, She'll firk him on my life, if he fumble with her.

1693 E. Settle New Athenian Comedy iii. 24 Gadamercy old Grub.

1790 By-stander 213 God a mercy..what a happy thing for old Corin.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth v, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 114 Nay, God-a-mercy, wench, it were hard to deny thee time to busk thy body-clothes.

1881 ‘M. Twain’ Prince & Pauper 118 ‘God-a-mercy!’ exclaimed Canty.

1939 S. Box in Best One-act Plays 1939 (1940) 296 Juliet. God-a-mercy! Prompt!.. Nurse. Ah, well! 'Twill be all right on the night!

2008 Sunday Times (Nexis) 10 Aug. 16 So, how does my good Time Lord Hamlet? Well, God-a-mercy. Very well indeed.

†b. In the catchphrase God-a-mercy horse, sometimes expressing thanks but often used merely as a formulaic tag to a humorous story or anecdote. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. vii. sig. Iii^v What is this (saith she) Good meat (saie I) for yow. God a mercy hors, a pyg of myne owne sowe.

1597 J. Payne Royall Exchange 5 As the hostes reckonyng with her gest less willinge to lodge in her hows, then his tyred horse, made low curtesy..to the beaste, and seyd gathamercy horse.

a1658 J. Cleveland Wks. (1687) 347 But God-a-mercy Horses once, for ye Stood to't, and turn'd him out, as well as we.

1710 Brit. Apollo 22–25 Dec. I find I'm whole, God a Mercy Horse.

†2. ironic. ‘Many thanks (to)’. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1598 T. Bastard Chrestoleros ii. xxix. 44 But our Eliza liues, and keepes her crowne, Godamercy Pope, for he would pull her downe.

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. ix. 581 Theeves and stealers (godamercie their kindnesse) have in particular nothing to say to me.

1676 G. Etherege Man of Mode i. 6 A Judge came to visit 'em, and the old man She told me did so stare upon her..who wou'd think It of 'em? Med. God a mercy Judge.

B. n.

An expression of thanks, a ‘thank-you’; (also) something meriting thanks. Now rare.In early use chiefly in phrases: †for god-a-mercy: for nothing. †no god-a-mercy: no special merit; no thanks (to someone). †worth god-a-mercy: worth giving thanks for, of some value or importance (similarly †not worth god-a-mercy.).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > gratitude > [noun] > thanks > an instance or expression of

a thankc1400

gramercyc1485

God-a-mercy1549

gratitude1660

thank you1792

mahalo1891

Q1925

asante sana1996

1549 T. Solme in H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie sig. C.vii (margin) Goddes boke hath bene preserued hyther to by a wonderful myracle, no God a mercy vnto the bysshoppes.

a1567 L. Nowell Vocabularium Saxonicum (1952) 166/2 Toȝyfes, gratis; of free cost, for nothing, for God a mercy.

1569 N. Haward tr. Seneca Line of Liberalitie xii. f. 29^v A great multitude of them are not woorth godamercies.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxix. 712 He would be readie to assist him with such a power of foote and horse as were worth god amercy [L. haud contemnendis].

a1617 P. Baynes Entire Comm. Epist. Paul to Ephesians (1643) 130 For to choose one out of grace to have this or that hee shall well pay for, is grace not worth God have mercy.

1626 J. Mede Let. 3 June in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 230 If we stayed to expect the event in Parliament, it would not be worth ‘God-ha-mercy!’

1628 H. Burton Seuen Vials 32 And then no Godamercy to his Popery, or to his silly ignorance.

1631 J. Shirley Schoole of Complement iii. 42 I ambled to the bed of a Parsons wife that was coltish once, and gaue her husband a Horse for't in good fashion, he neuer gaue me godamercie for't.

1692 R. L'Estrange Fables (1694) 265 Dost think I have so little wit as to part with such a Gob of money for God-a-mercy?

1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. (at cited word) For God-a-mercy, Pour un Dieu vous le rende, pour rien.

1719 C. R. Dufresny Amusem. Serious & Comical clxvi. 130 Dost thou think I have so little wit as to part with such a Gob of Money for a God-a-mercy?

a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) 135 God-ha'mercy, something to be considered as a blessing granted to prayer. Ex. ‘That was no God-ha'mercy of yours.’ That is, I..owe you no thanks for your prayers to obtain it.

?1847 Illustr. London Almanack 1848 50/1 Tom wants no summoning; but, leaping up, with a ‘God a mercy’, hurries off to the log-house.

1932 R. Macaulay They were Defeated i. xiii. 101 I cry him mercy for my sins, and give him God-a-mercy for his kindness.

1954 I. Bashevis Singer in I. Howe & E. Greenberg Treasury Yiddish Stories 404 The master of revels made a ‘God 'a mercy’ in memory of the bride's parents.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	god-a-mercy
释义	God-a-mercyint.n. Brit. /ˌɡɒdəˈməːsi/, U.S. /ˌɡɑdəˈmərsi/ Forms: α. late Middle English– God-a-mercy, 1500s gathamercy, 1500s godamarsey, 1500s god a marsy, 1600s Gadamercy, 1600s Godamarcie, 1600s god-a-massy, 1600s Godamercie. β. 1600s God have mercy. γ. 1600s God-ha-mercy, 1800s God-ha'mercy (English regional (East Anglian)). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: god n., have v., mercy n. Etymology: < god n. + the present subjunctive of have v. (compare forms at have v.) + mercy n. (compare mercy n. 3 and mercy n. 6), used in the sense ‘God reward you’, and hence as an expression of thanks. Compare earlier mercy int. 2 and gramercy int. Now archaic. A. int. 1. a. Used as an exclamation of applause or thanks, or (in later use) to express surprise, distress, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > gratitude > thanks [interjection] > thanks to divine providence thank Godc1330 God-a-mercya1500 God-a-thank1657 thank goodness1811 thank heaven1840 thank God for that1918 thanks be1924 T.G.1934 a1500 (a1400) Sir Eglamour (Cambr.) (1844) l. 96 ‘Nay, syr..Ye are a nobylle knyght... God a mercy, syr!’ seyde hee. ?c1500 Mary Magdalene (Digby) l. 619 (MED) God a mercy, symont, þat þou wylt me knowe! 1568 Like Will to Like A iv By masse god a marsy my vreend nickol. a1600 King & Barker 116 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 9 Godamarsey, sayd our kyng, of they serueyse to daye. a1607 H. Chettle Trag. Hoffman (1631) sig. D3^v Well god-a-mercy friend, thou got'st me grace: But more of that at leasure. ?c1640 W. Rowley et al. Witch of Edmonton (1658) i. ii. 9 Warb. Wilt be angry, Wasp? O. Cart. God-a-mercy, Sue, She'll firk him on my life, if he fumble with her. 1693 E. Settle New Athenian Comedy iii. 24 Gadamercy old Grub. 1790 By-stander 213 God a mercy..what a happy thing for old Corin. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth v, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 114 Nay, God-a-mercy, wench, it were hard to deny thee time to busk thy body-clothes. 1881 ‘M. Twain’ Prince & Pauper 118 ‘God-a-mercy!’ exclaimed Canty. 1939 S. Box in Best One-act Plays 1939 (1940) 296 Juliet. God-a-mercy! Prompt!.. Nurse. Ah, well! 'Twill be all right on the night! 2008 Sunday Times (Nexis) 10 Aug. 16 So, how does my good Time Lord Hamlet? Well, God-a-mercy. Very well indeed. †b. In the catchphrase God-a-mercy horse, sometimes expressing thanks but often used merely as a formulaic tag to a humorous story or anecdote. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. vii. sig. Iii^v What is this (saith she) Good meat (saie I) for yow. God a mercy hors, a pyg of myne owne sowe. 1597 J. Payne Royall Exchange 5 As the hostes reckonyng with her gest less willinge to lodge in her hows, then his tyred horse, made low curtesy..to the beaste, and seyd gathamercy horse. a1658 J. Cleveland Wks. (1687) 347 But God-a-mercy Horses once, for ye Stood to't, and turn'd him out, as well as we. 1710 Brit. Apollo 22–25 Dec. I find I'm whole, God a Mercy Horse. †2. ironic. ‘Many thanks (to)’. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1598 T. Bastard Chrestoleros ii. xxix. 44 But our Eliza liues, and keepes her crowne, Godamercy Pope, for he would pull her downe. 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. ix. 581 Theeves and stealers (godamercie their kindnesse) have in particular nothing to say to me. 1676 G. Etherege Man of Mode i. 6 A Judge came to visit 'em, and the old man She told me did so stare upon her..who wou'd think It of 'em? Med. God a mercy Judge. B. n. An expression of thanks, a ‘thank-you’; (also) something meriting thanks. Now rare.In early use chiefly in phrases: †for god-a-mercy: for nothing. †no god-a-mercy: no special merit; no thanks (to someone). †worth god-a-mercy: worth giving thanks for, of some value or importance (similarly †not worth god-a-mercy.). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > gratitude > [noun] > thanks > an instance or expression of a thankc1400 gramercyc1485 God-a-mercy1549 gratitude1660 thank you1792 mahalo1891 Q1925 asante sana1996 1549 T. Solme in H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie sig. C.vii (margin) Goddes boke hath bene preserued hyther to by a wonderful myracle, no God a mercy vnto the bysshoppes. a1567 L. Nowell Vocabularium Saxonicum (1952) 166/2 Toȝyfes, gratis; of free cost, for nothing, for God a mercy. 1569 N. Haward tr. Seneca Line of Liberalitie xii. f. 29^v A great multitude of them are not woorth godamercies. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxix. 712 He would be readie to assist him with such a power of foote and horse as were worth god amercy [L. haud contemnendis]. a1617 P. Baynes Entire Comm. Epist. Paul to Ephesians (1643) 130 For to choose one out of grace to have this or that hee shall well pay for, is grace not worth God have mercy. 1626 J. Mede Let. 3 June in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 230 If we stayed to expect the event in Parliament, it would not be worth ‘God-ha-mercy!’ 1628 H. Burton Seuen Vials 32 And then no Godamercy to his Popery, or to his silly ignorance. 1631 J. Shirley Schoole of Complement iii. 42 I ambled to the bed of a Parsons wife that was coltish once, and gaue her husband a Horse for't in good fashion, he neuer gaue me godamercie for't. 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables (1694) 265 Dost think I have so little wit as to part with such a Gob of money for God-a-mercy? 1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. (at cited word) For God-a-mercy, Pour un Dieu vous le rende, pour rien. 1719 C. R. Dufresny Amusem. Serious & Comical clxvi. 130 Dost thou think I have so little wit as to part with such a Gob of Money for a God-a-mercy? a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) 135 God-ha'mercy, something to be considered as a blessing granted to prayer. Ex. ‘That was no God-ha'mercy of yours.’ That is, I..owe you no thanks for your prayers to obtain it. ?1847 Illustr. London Almanack 1848 50/1 Tom wants no summoning; but, leaping up, with a ‘God a mercy’, hurries off to the log-house. 1932 R. Macaulay They were Defeated i. xiii. 101 I cry him mercy for my sins, and give him God-a-mercy for his kindness. 1954 I. Bashevis Singer in I. Howe & E. Greenberg Treasury Yiddish Stories 404 The master of revels made a ‘God 'a mercy’ in memory of the bride's parents. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < int.n.a1500
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