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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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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 Leg. S. iii. 537.
The terrour is to dred par-de That ay sal lest and euir ek Ib. vi. 336, xxi. 780, xxx. 298. 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 K. Hart 618.
Me think parde That ȝe ar caus verray of my offence a1500 Seven S. 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 Ib. 312. Ib. v. ii. 64. a1568 Bann. MS. 221 b/27.(b) a1500 Rauf C. 530.
Pardie c1550 Lynd. Meldrum 717.
I see nocht ellis perdie Bot we mon outher fecht or fle 15.. Clar. iv. 1244.
It was Clariodus ȝour sonne perdie a1568 Bann. MS. 120 a/112.
Pardie [: sie] 1572 Buch. Detect. (1727) 50.
Euin that, perdy, he ressauit, that brocht deformite [etc.]