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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1375-1438, 1499-1599
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Par-, Perdé, interj. Also: -die, -dy. [ME. and e.m.E. par deu (c 1290), parde(e (Chaucer), perdé (a 1485), perdye (1548), OF. par dé (13th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), ‘by God!’, F. pardieu, also colloq. pardi, as an oath or asseveration.] As an asseveration: Assuredly; certainly; indeed.Common, but only in the rhyming position, in verse; not found in prose before c 1570.1375 Barb. vii. 436.
Ȝhe aucht to shame perde Syn I am ane and ȝhe ar thre a1400 Legends of the Saints iii. 537.
The terrour is to dred par-de That ay sal lest and euir ek a1400 Ib. vi. 336, xxi. 780, xxx. 298. a1400 Ib. 579.
This thu may nocht nyt parde ?1438 Alex. ii. 6012, etc.
Parde Schir duke now haue ȝe for to ȝeme c1420 Wynt. v. 827. a1500 King Hart 618.
Me think parde That ȝe ar caus verray of my offence a1500 Buke of the Sevyne Sagis 2177.
Ȝa said the empriour child par de c1500-c1512 Dunb. xix. 28 (M).
Euill gydit is ȝon man par de [B. trewlie] 1513 Doug. i. Prol. 41.
Na na impossibill war per de 1513 Ib. 312. 1513 Ib. v. ii. 64. a1568 Bannatyne MS 221 b/27.(b) a1500 Taill of Rauf Coilȝear 530.
Pardie c1550 Lynd. Meldrum 717.
I see nocht ellis perdie Bot we mon outher fecht or fle 15.. Clariodus iv. 1244.
It was Clariodus ȝour sonne perdie a1568 Bannatyne MS 120 a/112.
Pardie [: sie] 1572 Buch. Detect. (1727) 50.
Euin that, perdy, he ressauit, that brocht deformite [etc.]
