单词 | so god save me |
释义 | > as lemmasso God (also Christ) save me c. Used in phrases affirming the truth of a statement, as as I hope to be saved, †so God (also Christ) save me, etc. [compare Anglo-Norman and Old French se Dieus me saut (12th cent.)] . Now archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > (originally) referring to one's soul or salvation so God (also Christ) save mea1393 upon (also on) my perilc1395 by the way of my soul1397 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iii. l. 927 (MED) This, so god me save, Is al the hate that I have Toward these janglers. c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Tale (Ellesmere) (1875) l. 1361 Ye shul paye fourty pound, so god me saue. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) v. l. 675 Yhe sall it haiff, als God me saiff in saille. a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 120 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 98 So me crist saif. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) lxix. sig. Biiv As I be saued ye be ful gentil and noble. c1580 ( tr. Bk. Alexander (1921) II. ii. 2381 Sa God me saif, The ressoun quhy fane wald I haif. 1602 T. Dekker Blurt Master-Constable sig. Dv Ha, ha, ha, by their Maiden-heads: Cittizens, by their faith, and Brokers as they hope to be saued: by my Virginitie I sweare. 1619 Rec. Perth Kirk Session 7 June in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Sav Marge Gelletlie..purgit hir be hir great aith Lat neuer hir saull be saifit if euer scho knew him. 1680 T. D'Urfey Virtuous Wife i. 8 I am grown old o'th' sudden, as 'twere, I know not how, all my good parts lost, quite lost as god save me. I am a Cipher now—good for nothing. 1710 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 23 Dec. (1948) I. 136 Remember your poor Presto, that wants you sadly, as hope saved. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. viii. xi. 243 As I hope to be saved, I will never mention a Word of it. View more context for this quotation 1831 W. Scott Count Robert xiv, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. I. 187 This remnant of old heathen philosophy, who hardly believes, so God save me, the truth of the Christian creed. 1869 Bow Bells Weekly 2 June 447/3 As I hope to be saved in another world, I would swear that the rope has been cut by some wicked wretch. 1911 G. B. Shaw Shewing-up Blanco Posnet in Doctor's Dilemma 396 As I hope to be saved, Sheriff—or rather as I hope to be damned;..I know no more of that horse's whereabouts than you do yourself. 1998 P. Trower Danger to State xxvii. 136 Father, I swear—as I hope to be saved—that every word I've told you is true. < as lemmas |
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