| 单词 | my faith |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmy faith (i) by one's faith: on one's word of honour, truly; assuredly. Chiefly used parenthetically as an oath or to emphasize the truth of a statement, esp. in by my faith (also without by, as my faith). Now archaic. [Compare classical Latin meā fide on my guarantee, tuā fide on your guarantee; Anglo-Norman par ma fei and Middle French par ma foi (see par ma fay int.), Middle French sur ma foi (a1440), and ma foi (see ma foi int., mafey int.). Compare earlier par ma fay int.] 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 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 275 (MED) Now telle me, felawe, be þi feiȝþ..sei þou euer þemperour? a1475 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Godstow Nunnery (1905) i. 178 (MED) He confirmyd thys conuencion to be holde ferme & sure by hys feythe & trowþe. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 48 By your faith seme ye good that I ought to goo after him. 1588 ‘M. Marprelate’ Oh read ouer D. Iohn Bridges: Epist. 3 By my faith, by my faith..this geare goeth hard with vs. a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) ii. i. 79 Now by my faith and honour. View more context for this quotation 1688 T. Brown Reasons Mr. Bays 17 This is a cutter, by my faith Mr. Bays, it lashes somewhere with a vengeance. 1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere vii, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 45 Strange, by my faith! the Hermit said. 1871 R. Browning Prince Hohenstiel-Schwangau 98 Weapons outflourished in the wind, my faith! 1925 Boys' Life Jan. 9/1 By my faith, I'm done with the business. 2005 C. J. Farley Kingston by Starlight i. 4 There was time, by my faith, when I was young, as young as you are now. < as lemmas |
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