| 单词 | my certie |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmy certie Chiefly in phrase, my certie, as an ejaculation: By my faith, in good troth.[Some have suggested a corruption of the French mais certes ‘but certainly’; of this there is no evidence.] 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 1814 C. I. Johnstone Saxon & Gaël I. 80 (Jam.) By my certy ye shake your fit wi' the youngest o' them. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. x. 256 My certie! few ever wrought for siccan a day's wage. 1820 W. Scott Abbot II. ii. 42 By my certes, I will warrant her a blithe dancer either in reel or revel. 1848 C. Kingsley Saint's Trag. iv. ii. 112 Certie, we were in luck. 1872 R. D. Blackmore Maid of Sker I. xxvi. 316 My certy, no low curiosity is this. < as lemmas |
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