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单词 by the way of my soul
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by the way of my soul
a. by the way of my soul, by the way my soul shall (go) to: (used as an oath or to emphasize the truth of a statement) by my soul's eternal fate, as I hope for salvation; honestly, earnestly. Obsolete.
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the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > (originally) referring to one's soul or salvation
so God (also Christ) save mea1393
upon (also on) my perilc1395
by the way of my soul1397
1397–8 Rolls of Parl.: Richard II (Electronic ed.) Parl. Sept. 1397 Pleas §7. m. 4 But by the wey that my soule shal too, I mente none evylle ther in.
1460 J. Brackley in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 210 For be the weye of my sowle this lond were vttirly on-done.
?1548 L. Shepherd John Bon 3 Ye syr ye say true, all that I know in dede And yet as I remember it is not in my crede But as for cropsy cursty to be a man or no I knewe not tyll thys day by the waye my soule shal to.
1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie xvi. sig. Hv For by the way that my soule shall go to, I cam hither against my will vnfayned.
a1563 J. Bale King Johan (1985) i. 46 Now welcum, cosyn, by the waye that my sowle shall to!
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