单词 | by the rood! |
释义 | > as lemmasby the rood! P2. In oaths, etc., expressing assertion: by the rood! etc. Cf. by the holy rood at holy rood n.1 Phrases. Now archaic. ΚΠ OE Homily: Sunnandæges Spell (Tiber. A.iii) in A. S. Napier Wulfstan (1883) 224 Wit swerigaþ..þurh þa halgan Cristes rode [OE Corpus Cambr. 419 þurh þa halgan rode], þe he for manna helo aþrowade, þæt hit is eal soþ, þæt wit sæcgaþ. c1330 (?c1300) Bevis of Hampton (Auch.) l. 968 ‘Bleþelich,’ a seide, ‘be þe rod!’ c1390 in F. J. Furnivall Minor Poems Vernon MS (1901) ii. 717 (MED) Þis gode comunes, bi þe Rode, I likne hem to þe Schipes mast. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. iv. l. 134 ‘And ȝet,’ quod resoun, ‘bi þe Rode I shal no reuthe haue’. a1450 (?c1350) Pride of Life l. 298 in N. Davis Non-Cycle Plays & Fragm. (1970) 99 (MED) Þou schal, boy, ar þou hennis go, Be auaunsyd, bi þe rode. ?1520 J. Rastell Nature .iiii. Element sig. Bvij Ye by the rode euyn with the gretest. a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 94 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 97 Be ye rud I am richt rad For to behald ȝour halyness. 1575 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle i. iv Ah, Hodg, Hodg! if that ich cold find my neele, by the reed, Chould sow thy breches, ich promise thee with full good double threed. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. iv. 14 Ger. Haue you forgot me? Ham. No by the rood not so. View more context for this quotation 1636 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 884 in Poems (1910) Then Will..Ran ramping, swearing, rude and rape. 1715 N. Rowe Lady Jane Gray iii. 24 Nay, by the Rood, my Lord, you were to blame To let a Hair-brain'd Passion be your Guide. 1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc 202 By the rood, I thank his Grace. If she be young and fair No worthless prize my lords. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 28 Now, by the rood,..Your courtesy has erred. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Vivien in Idylls of King 112 Yea, by God's rood, I trusted you too much. 1896 A. Austin England's Darling i. i. 5 By the rood! they are wise enough. 1912 H. Gilbert Robin Hood iii. 113 ‘By the rood!’ one said, ‘thou'rt a fool of a chapman, but as a bowman thou'rt as good as any forester.’ 1941 A. Stringer King who loved Old Clothes 38 But you're wrong, by the rood; I've a liking for delicate things. 1993 A. Krailsheimer tr. V. Hugo Notre-Dame de Paris i. 59 By the Rood! Holy Father, you are the most beautifully ugly thing I've ever seen in my life. < as lemmas |
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