α. Middle English goditot.
β. Middle English goddot, Middle English goddote, Middle English goddoth, Middle English goddut, Middle English godote.
单词 | goddot |
释义 | † goddotint.α. Middle English goditot. β. Middle English goddot, Middle English goddote, Middle English goddoth, Middle English goddut, Middle English godote. Obsolete. Used as an asseveration: ‘God knows’; ‘by God’. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [adverb] > as emphasis God (it) wot?c1225 goddot?a1289 sooth to sayc1330 truth (also sooth) to tella1375 honestly1819 honest Indian1854 truthfully1854 honest Injun1857 on the level1872 straight1874 honest1876 square dinkum1888 no kidding1901 straight-up1963 ?a1289 Ancrene Riwle (Cleo.: Scribe D) (1972) 111 Ak goditot tanne isto late. ?a1300 Dame Sirith l. 439 in G. H. McKnight Middle Eng. Humorous Tales (1913) 20 Goddot, so I wille. c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 2543 Goddoth, i shal do slou hem baþe. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 870 Goddot, adam! þis said I are. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11891 ‘Nai goddut’, þai said, ‘sir king’. a1425 (?a1350) Seven Sages (Galba) (1907) l. 119 Iesse was his name, godote, Withouten faut fra heuid to fote. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < int.?a1289 |
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