单词 | by my fatherkin |
释义 | > as lemmasby my fatherkin by my fatherkin and variants: used as an oath or asseveration. archaic in later use. ΚΠ c1405By my fader kyn [see main sense]. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Nun's Priest's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 148 Be myrie housbonde, for youre fader kyn. 1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie xxxix. 71 From which grownd..by my fatherkin I will not starte. 1842 Metrop. Mag. 35 323 This same courtly wight, who, by my fatherkin, hath oftener stood at the board than he hath sat on the dais. < as lemmas |
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