单词 | by one's soul |
释义 | > as lemmasby one's soul (a) by one's soul and variants. ΚΠ c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) l. 1308 Bi mi soule y ȝou swere, His wreche liif he schal forlate. c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. viii. l. 23 For þei sworen bi heore soule—‘so God hem moste helpe!’ c1400 Brut (Rawl. B. 171) 241 He suore by Godes soule þat he nolde come þere on foote. 1460 W. Worcester in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 204 If I wolde haue labored the contrary, by my sowle (that is the grettest othe that I may swere of my-silff) they had neuer be nygh my maister in that case they stonde nowe. a1500 (?a1400) Firumbras (1935) 86 By the soule that y owe to my god Mahoun to ȝelde, schall y neuer hennys to tovne ne to felde. 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Sept. 248 Now by my soule Diggon, I lament The haplesse mischief, that has thee hent. 1638 in F. P. Verney & M. N. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) I. 124 By my soule I dare swear itt. 1680 T. Otway Orphan ii. 19 Now by my Fathers Soul the Witch was honest. a1704 T. Brown Dialogues of Dead in 4th Vol. Wks. (1720) 153 Be mee Shoul, and bee Chreest and St. Patrick. 1762 S. Foote Orators ii. 52 By my shoul, but I will spake. 1816 S. T. Coleridge Christabel ii. 43 By my mother's soul do I entreat That thou this woman send away! 1825 W. Scott Talisman iv, in Tales Crusaders IV. 62 Now, by King Henry's soul! [etc.]. 1904 Reader Dec. 165/2 ‘By Sir Wilfred's soul I swear,’ she intoned..‘never, never, never to tell’. 1943 M. McLaverty White Mare & Other Stories 81 ‘Are they tryin' a race, Robert?’ ‘'Deed, by my sowl, they might be!’ 2004 E. Kerner Redeeming Lost iii. 79 By my soul I swear I will come for you though all the Hells should lie between us. < as lemmas |
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