Expressing surprise, astonishment, outrage, etc., or used to give emphasis to one's words. (Often in response to a question, expressing surprise or…
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释义 | the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > (originally) with reference to Mary (8) marrya1375 Expressing surprise, astonishment, outrage, etc., or used to give emphasis to one's words. (Often in response to a question, expressing surprise or… Marya1375 In asseverations and oaths invoking the name of Mary. Cf. marry, int. by (our) lakin1496 Only in by (our) lakin: = by Our Lady at Our Lady, n. 1c. by the Mary mass1532 A mass in honour of the Virgin Mary. by the Mary mass: used in the 16th cent. to express asseveration. Obsolete (historical in later use). by God's mother?1544 marry (and) amenc1574 In phrases. In asseverative phrases, as marry (a) God, marry (and) amen, marry of God, God's marry, marry a me, marry of me. Obsolete. God's lady1589 marry-go-look1590 In phrases. In interjectional or exclamatory phrases, as marry gip, marry (and) gup (also gap, gep, guep,and in Scott quep) (cf. gip, int., gup, int.… |
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