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† gis, jis Obs.
Forms: 6 jys(se, jis, gisse, gys, 6–7 gis.
[Mincing pron. of Jesus or Jesu.]
An oath or exclamation, By Gis!
1528Roy & Barlowe Rede me (Arb.) 56 They regarde it no more be gisse Then waggynge of his mules tayle. 1549Chaloner tr. Erasm. on Folly Q ii b, Cherishyng them (by iysse) a little better than they are wont to dooe these frounyng philosophers. 1562J. Heywood Prov. & Epigr. (1867) 112 Ich can not one woord of it by Iis. Iack is nere his wit, by gis. 1602Shakes. Ham. iv. v. 58 By gis, and by S. Charity, Alacke, and fie for shame. 1655tr. De Parc's Francion vii. 6 A hundred times and more, by Gis, I would have laid [etc.]. |