† mort dieuint.

Forms: 1500s mor du, 1500s mortdew, 1500s–1600s 1800s mort dieu, 1600s mordew, 1600s mordieu, 1600s mort deiu.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mort dieu.

Etymology: < Middle French mort dieu (1552 in Rabelais in the phrase par la mort dieu ; earlier in Old French as mordieu (1170)) < mort death (see mort n.¹) + dieu God (see deus int.). Compare morbleu int. and n.

Obsolete (archaic in later use).

As an oath: ‘God's death’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > egad

by Goda1225

deusc1300

s'elpa1330

by Gogc1400

Gog of heavena1500

by cock?1548

mort dieua1593

(God) refuse me1596

God damn me1619

adad1664

agad1672

igad1672

egad1673

adod1676

ecod1677

gadso1677

ydadc1680

goles1734

s'gad1743

by (or my) gumc1815

gorblimey1896

a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. A3^v ‘Mort. dieu.’ ‘Well Mortimer, ile make thee rue these words.’

a1593 C. Marlowe Massacre at Paris (c1600) sig. C1 Mor du, wert not the fruit within thy wombe..This wrathfull hand should strike thee to the hart.

1605 Hist. Tryall Cheualry sig. C3^v Mordew: ile be reueng'd, by heauen I will.

c1623 Welsh Embassador 16 Captaines sweare 'em into Courage heere they turne head agen, and heere my mounsiers are malld, and Cry Mort Dieu.

a1669 J. Howard Eng. Mounsieur (1674) iv. iii. 50 Not see't mort deiu—then draw your Sword.

1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward II. xiii. 265 Mort Dieu! he's about to make them all kings.

1850 T. Westwood Burden of Bell 189 Mort-dieu! I grew black as tempest,—With a scowling brow.

1899 Harper's Mag. Mar. 609 Think of a general making such an acknowledgement, and before my own men too! Mort Dieu!

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	mort dieu
释义	† mort dieuint. Forms: 1500s mor du, 1500s mortdew, 1500s–1600s 1800s mort dieu, 1600s mordew, 1600s mordieu, 1600s mort deiu. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mort dieu. Etymology: < Middle French mort dieu (1552 in Rabelais in the phrase par la mort dieu ; earlier in Old French as mordieu (1170)) < mort death (see mort n.¹) + dieu God (see deus int.). Compare morbleu int. and n. Obsolete (archaic in later use). As an oath: ‘God's death’. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > egad by Goda1225 deusc1300 s'elpa1330 by Gogc1400 Gog of heavena1500 by cock?1548 mort dieua1593 (God) refuse me1596 God damn me1619 adad1664 agad1672 igad1672 egad1673 adod1676 ecod1677 gadso1677 ydadc1680 goles1734 s'gad1743 by (or my) gumc1815 gorblimey1896 a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. A3^v ‘Mort. dieu.’ ‘Well Mortimer, ile make thee rue these words.’ a1593 C. Marlowe Massacre at Paris (c1600) sig. C1 Mor du, wert not the fruit within thy wombe..This wrathfull hand should strike thee to the hart. 1605 Hist. Tryall Cheualry sig. C3^v Mordew: ile be reueng'd, by heauen I will. c1623 Welsh Embassador 16 Captaines sweare 'em into Courage heere they turne head agen, and heere my mounsiers are malld, and Cry Mort Dieu. a1669 J. Howard Eng. Mounsieur (1674) iv. iii. 50 Not see't mort deiu—then draw your Sword. 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward II. xiii. 265 Mort Dieu! he's about to make them all kings. 1850 T. Westwood Burden of Bell 189 Mort-dieu! I grew black as tempest,—With a scowling brow. 1899 Harper's Mag. Mar. 609 Think of a general making such an acknowledgement, and before my own men too! Mort Dieu! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < int.a1593
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