| 单词 | by the faith of one's body |
| 释义 | > as lemmasby the faith of one's body (also love) (ii) Elaborated as by the faith of one's body (also love). Now rare and archaic. [Compare Middle French par la foi de mon corps by the faith of my body (a1370).] ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > (originally) with reference to faith par ma fay?a1300 by, upon my (etc.) fayc1300 by one's faitha1375 mafeyc1400 ma foic1400 by the faith of one's body (also love)1421 by my law1477 by my vusse1608 i'fegs1612 i'vads1675 haith1725 my certie1814 1421 in J. B. Paul Registrum Magni Sigilli Scotorum (1882) II. 30/1 The..lord and his..squyar ar oblist ilkane til other be the faythis of thair boiddis. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. xcviijv Promisyng and behightyng, by the faith of his body. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. ii. 412 By the faith of my loue, I will. View more context for this quotation a1643 W. Cartwright Ordinary (1651) iii. ii. 38 I swear by the faith of my Body now It is a pretty thing. 1833 F. Shoberl tr. V. Hugo Hunchback Notre-Dame (1834) ix. v. 122 This year, by the faith of my body, it will not be under eighty thousand! 1910 N. Gallizier Court of Lucifer ii. xiv. 307 ‘By the faith of my body, Holy Father,’ shouted Fabrizio beside himself. < as lemmas |
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