Middle English Dictionary Entry
de-par-dieux adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | de-par-dieux adv. Also -deus, -dus. |
| Etymology | OF phr. 'by God'. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Used as an emphatic: certainly, indeed, forsooth.
Associated quotations
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)1352 : 'Nov, de pardeus,' quath þe pope, 'doth ase ȝe habbeth i-þouȝt!'
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)1452 : 'Wel, depardieux,' quaþ þe kyng, 'ne schal he noȝt gon alone.'
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.39 : 'Hoost,' quod he, 'depardieux, ich assente.'
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.1212 : 'For the love of me, my nece deere, Refuseth nat..my prayere!' 'Depardieux,' quod she, 'God leve al be wel!'
- a1450 7 Sages(3) (Cmb Dd.1.17)1715 : 'Depardus! dame,' quod he tho.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)2637 : 'Deupardeux,' seid Geffrey, '& I the wol nat faill.'