| 单词 | by my beard |
| 释义 | > as lemmasby my (also thy, etc.) beard P2. In oaths and asseverations, as in by my (also thy, etc.) beard. Now archaic. ΚΠ c1330 (?a1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) p. 528 Bi thi berd y schuld þe schokke, Þat al þi teþ it schuld rokke. 1592 J. Lyly Midas v. ii And here I vow by my conceald beard, if euer it chaunce to be discouered to the worlde, that it maye make a pike deuant. 1886 Boy's Own Paper 6 Feb. 293/3 A noble champion, that, by Odin's beard! 1895 Argosy Nov. 106/2 By the beard of the prophet..this is, indeed, a great hour. 1979 Jrnl. Social Hist. 13 74 He asked his father why they had left their home, and, upon being told about the shepherd, swore by his beard that he would revenge his father. 2015 D. Mindrup Viking's Bride ix. 121 ‘By my beard!’ Amund whispered in horror. < as lemmas |
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