† pashen.
Obsolete. rare.
In oaths and asseverations: passion. Chiefly in for the pashe of God, for the pashe of Christ. Cf. passion n. 5.Only (or principally) in the work of Nicholas Udall (1505–56).
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the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > God's passion
God's passionc1460
by God's pinea1500
for God's paina1500
cock's passion1535
for the pashe of God?1553
God's my passion?1577
the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > referring to Jesus > with reference to the Passion or crucifixion
nailOE
for the rood!OE
(by) (God's) nailsc1390
for the pashe of Christ?1553
?1553 Respublica (1952) v. x. 65 Naye the pashe of godde I shall then die of the flixe.
a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) iv. viii. sig. H.jv R. Royster. Away, or else die we shall. M. Mery. Away for the pashe of our sweete Lord Iesus Christ.
a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) iv. iii. sig. G.j Nay for the paishe of God, let me now treate peace.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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