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单词 so help me god
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so help me God
c. In subjunctive present, in invocations and oaths: esp. in so help me God, the customary formula in a solemn oath; and in God help him (also them, etc.), often a parenthetical exclamation of pity for the helpless condition of the person spoken of. Also elliptically so help me, and as a variant so help me bob. Cf. swelp adv.
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the mind > emotion > compassion > expression of pity [phrase]
God help him (also them, etc.)c1175
the heart bleedsc1374
the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [phrase] > formula used in taking an oath
so help me Godc1175
so God me speedc1330
so maideuxc1450
so help me bob1821
so help me1869
swelp1894
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 33 Ah swa me helpe drihten, þe ilke mon þe wule fulien alle his sunne lustes..ne kimeð he nefre inne heoueneriche.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2528 He ðat ðise lettres wrot, God him helpe, weli mot, And berge is sowle fro sorge & grot Of helle pine.
c1369 G. Chaucer Bk. Duchesse 550 I wolde as wys god helpe me soo Amende hyt yif I kan or may.
?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 45 I hait him with my hert, sa help me our Lord.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iv. ii. 60 Now God helpe thee, poore Monkie. View more context for this quotation
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 190 I N N. sweare..that I will..and give my Voice..as God helpe me, [etc.].
1821 P. Egan Life in London ii. iii. 229 She tripped me up, my Lord, so help me bob, it is true.
1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess iii. 50 I never knew my father, but she says (God help her) she was wedded to a fool.
1868 Act 31 & 32 Victoria c. 72 §2 I..do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Victoria, her heirs and successors, according to law. So help me God.
1869 A. Trollope Vicar of Bullhampton (1870) iii. 20 Just go home to father's, sir; not a foot else, s' help me.
1936 L. C. Douglas White Banners iv. 69 That he would never again..so help him..fritter away precious time.
1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake 118 So holp me Petault, it is not a miseffectual whyacinthinous riot of blots and blurs.
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