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by the rood
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tags: [obsolete]
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Definition:once used to assert the veracity of a statement, as in "I swear!""
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M. Mery. Goe fette hym (say they) while he is in good moode,
For haue his anger who lust, we will not by the Roode.
Nicholas Udall. Roister Doister (1553)
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Ham. What's the matter now?
Queen. Have you forgot me?
Ham. No, by the rood, not so!
William Shakespeare. Hamlet (1600)
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