Middle English Dictionary Entry
pardẹ̄ interj.
Entry Info
| Forms | pardẹ̄ interj. Also pardē, -dī, -dieu, -d(i)eux, -deu(s & perde, -dieux, -deus & purdeu, -dau. |
| Etymology | OF par Deu, -Dieu, -Deus, -Dé & per Deu, etc. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) By God; indeed, in truth; without a doubt, of course; de ~; (b) pain ~, a type of fried bread;?French toast.
Associated quotations
a
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)1352 : 'Nov de pardeus,' quath þe pope, 'doth ase ȝe habbeth i-þouȝt!'
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)2046 : Wenstþou þat ichulle fleo? Nai par deu, nouȝt a fote.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.563 : Wel koude he stelen corn and tollen thries, And yet he hadde a thombe of gold, pardee.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3158 : I haue a wyf, pardee, as wel as thow.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sq.(Manly-Rickert)F.696 : Pardee, sire, wel thow woost That ech of yow moot tellen atte leste A tale or two.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.310 : It is my good as wel as thyn, pardee.
- a1400(c1250) Floris (Eg 2862)700 : He wol ful muche loue þe, And to þe bowe also, parde.
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)11448 : Þei asked hem, 'what seche ȝe?' 'A blisful childe,' þei seide, 'parde!'
- a1400 PPl.C (Corp-C 293)16.248 : Ȝe parde [Hnt: Ȝe, quaþ Pacience, and hente out of hus poke A pice of þe pater-noster].
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)5559 : Ac Porus and al his folk, parde, Ben of Kyng Alisaundres meignee.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.1715 : Þe first cause..Of þe Grekis..Was fully set by oon entencioun, As wel of ȝow as of vs, parde.
- a1425(?a1350) Nicod.(1) (Glb E.9)239 : Pilat said, es þis he, þat herod soght to sla?..sir, ȝa parde [vr. pardye], bot þus he passed him fra.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)1.197 : I have herd told, pardieux [vrr. pardeux, perdieux], of youre lyvynge, Ye loveres, and youre lewed observaunces.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.1523 : For, parde [vr. pardy], sik is he that is in sorwe.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)4659 : 'Knowest hym ought?' L'amaunt: 'ye, dame, parde!'
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)2179 : He..fond his fader drenched in the se; Me lest no more to speke of hym, parde.
- (1440) Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)2138 : Þat schal make me strong inow, parde, A-ȝens þe deuele to make resistens.
- c1450(c1440) Scrope Othea (StJ-C H.5)11/6 : It is nothing necessarie to the So to purchace or doo armes, parde.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)1895 : For blessyd is hyr seed, whos dowghter shal be Modyr of blysse euerlastynge, perde.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)675 : Parde, þis bare olde russet is nat gay.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)2657 : Parde, þou gost owt of Mankynde, But Coueytyse be in þi mende.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)1032 : 'Herestow not the grete swogh?' 'Yis, parde!' quod y, 'wel ynogh.'
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)2707 : Bot parde, þi prouidence inpossible it semes.
- c1450 ?C.d'Orl.Poems (Hrl 682)181/5411 : Ye mowe wel knowe, perde, Mi servise shewith a preef in eche degre.
- c1450 Lond.Chron.Cleo.(Cleo C.4)120 : The Duke of ȝorke also, perde, Fro his kyng no fote wold he flee.
- c1450 Marion ABC (Arun 168)80 : Than is þer no daunce, purdowy, ner trace, But only your prayers þat ben so swete and clere.
- (1461) Paston2.234 : Parde, I haf do hym seruice; I was with hym at Northampton..and now agayn at Seynt Albones.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)731/32 : 'Perdeus,' seyde sir Palomydes, 'hit longyth nat to none of us at this day to juste.'
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)113/163 : I myght wel A wyst, parde, So good a creature as she wold nevyr A done trespace.
- a1500(?a1400) KEdw.& S.(Cmb Ff.5.48)905 : Perdy, seid þe scheperde, nowe Hit shal be þouȝt.
- a1500(?c1450) Florence (Cmb Ff.2.38)1878 : The todur were drowned, perde.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)652 : Parde, ye shull a-bide, for I shall delyuer yow to the Emperour.
- a1500 Chartier Quad.(2) (Rwl A.338)162/36 : Parde, your enemyes be nat inmortall nor lengar of lyfe thanne ye be.
- 1543(1464) Hardyng Chron.B (Grafton)p.415 : To England haue ye right..To Wales ye same, & Scotland also, perde.
- 1607 Chester Pl.(Hrl 2124)472/181 : Thou wottest well, master, pardy, thou haddest never ass like to me.
b
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)42 : Payn pur-dew: Take fayre ȝolkys of Eyroun..þan take fayre brede, & kytte it as troundez rounde..þan take & wete wyl þin troundez in þe ȝolkys, & putte hem in þe panne, an so frye hem vppe..& ley Sugre y-nowe þer-on.
- ?a1475 Noble Bk.Cook.(Hlk 674)46 : To mak payn pardieu, tak paynmayne..and paire away the cruste, cutt them in schyues and fry them alitill in clarified butter; then tak yolks of eggs, [etc.].