单词 | on one's faith |
释义 | > as lemmason (also upon) one's faith (c) on (also upon) one's faith: on one's word of honour. Frequently used parenthetically as an oath or to emphasize the truth of a statement: truly, assuredly. Now archaic. [In quot. 1523 after Middle French sur sa foi (14th cent. in the passage translated; French sur sa foi).] ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [adverb] under oatha1325 on (also upon) one's faithc1405 faithfullyc1450 on (also upon) one's word1582 sacramentally1599 votally1614 promissorily1650 engagingly1651 obligingly1655 votively1857 c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Monk's Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 47 Vp on my feith, thow art som Officer. 1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) xxiii. 75 On my feyth ye be well the man. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxi. 254 The kyng of England..trusted them on theyr faithes [Fr. sur leurs fois]. 1602 T. Lodge tr. Josephus Wks. xx. ii. 516 Assuring them on his faith and oath, that he would obtaine a free pardon for all that which was past. 1759 D. Garrick Guardian ii. 41 She seem'd a little out of Humour,—And, upon my Faith, not the less beautiful for a little pouting. 1779 S. Dobson tr. J.-B. de la Curne de Sainte-Palaye Lit. Hist. Troubadors 128 I should pass for a coward..to give up the portion my brother had resigned on his faith. 1840 Evergreen Jan. 44 Promise on your faith—on your honor—on your love! a1968 J. Steinbeck Acts King Arthur (1976) 279 I promise on my faith. 1999 ‘C. J. Cherryh’ Fortress of Owls 336 On my life, my lord, on my life and on my faith, I tell you the truth. < as lemmas |
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