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ORD, see Od.

OD, sb. Var. dial. uses in Sc. and Eng. Also written odd Sc. N.Cy.1 Nhb. Cum. Wm. e.Yks. w.Yks.5 Lan.1 Chs.1 Chs.3 Der.2 nw.Der.1 n.Lin.1 Brks.1 I.W.1 Dor. w.Som.1 Dev.1; and in forms ad Sc. Nhb.1 w.Yks. w.Som.1 n.Dev. Cor.1; oad Nhb. e.Yks.; odds Sc. Der.; ord w.Yks.5 ud Cum. [od, ad, æd.] 1. A corruption of ‘God,’ used as an oath or exclamation. Sc. Odds, man, I dressed him up like a Highlandman, Sc. Haggis, 89. Elg. Od, I feel yawfu' drowsy ─ I'll e'en tak' a sleep, Tester Poems (1865) 135. Bnff. Od man, I wunner ye dïnna think shame, Gordon Chron. Keith (1880) 71. Abd. Od, ye're aye i' the richt, MacDonald R. Falconer (1868) 140. Kcd. Od, bundle up, and come away, Jamie Muse (1844) 93. Frf. Od, 'ooman, can ye no guess? Inglis Ain Flk. (1895) 168. Per. For ─ 'od! I kenna what, It gars a thoughtless lassie think, Nicoll Poems (ed. 1843) 299. w.Sc. 'Od! he maun surely be an unca auld man! Carrick Laird of Logan (1835) 57. Fif. 'O'd, what a word! McLaren Tibbie (1894) 10. s.Sc. Odd man, I think wi' ha'f an e'e A body may th' oppression see, T. Scott Poems (1793) 329. Dmb. Odd, Mr. McCheatrie, ye're weel named, Cross Disruption (1844) xviii. Rnf. Odds, mistress, I'd fain introduce ye tae Jean, Neilson Poems (1877) 52. Ayr. 'Od, it really looks like a serious affair! Johnston Glenbuckie (1889) 269. Lnk. O'd, but I was in a fix, Wardrop J. Mathison (1881) 13. e.Lth. ‘Od,’ quoth I,.. ‘od, Maggie, the precentor did it geyan weel,’ Mucklebackit Rhymes (1885) 235. Edb. Od, ye hae a fine time o't, Ballantine Gaberlunzie (ed. 1875) 239. Peb. Od! I'll may be skail the bike, Affleck Poet. Wks. (1836) 178. Slk. Od, I wadna gie ye for the hale o' them, Hogg Tales (1838) 59, ed. 1866. Dmf. Odd, it should be a lang while afore I wud offer him a snuff oot o' my box, Wallace Schoolmaster (1899) 334. Lan. Odd, boh yoarn bobbersome, on awnsurt him awvishly too-to, Tim Bobbin View Dial. (ed. 1806) 28. s.Lan. Bamford Dial. (1854). Der. Odds! it's a shame, Le Fanu Uncle Silas (1865) I. 271. w.Som.1 n.Dev. Ad! chell ream [I will stretch] my heart to tha afore Ise let tha lipped [escape], Exm. Scold. (1746) l. 17. 2. Comb. in oaths and exclamations: (1) Od bin, (2) Od's blastnashun, (3) Od bless one, (4) Od's blood, (5) Od's bobs, (6) Od's bobs and butter-cakes, (7) Od's-bodikins, (8) Od's bods, (9) Od bon it, (10) Od's breawns, (11) Od's breed, (12) Od burn, (13) Od co's it, (14) Od's daggs, (15) Od dal, (16) Od damn ('ort, (17) Od(s dang it, (18) Od deyannashun, (19) Od diebon, (20) Od doll it, (21) Od drab it, (22) Od drabbut it, (23) Od drat, (24) Od drot it, (25) Od dy, (26) Od-(s fish, (27) Od's flesh, (28) Od hang-leet-on-one, (29) Od's heart or Odsart, (30) Od's heft, (31) Od Kirst, (32) Od's like, (33) Od's me, (34) Od's mine, (35) Od's my life, (36) Od name it all, (37) Od nation, (38) Od's niggers, (39) Od ounds, (40) Od plague one, (41) Od rabbit(s, rappit, or Odds rabbet, (42) Od rabbit lit on one, (43) Od's rackit, (44) Od rat, (45) Od rot, rots, or rut, (46) Od rottle, (47) Od's sake, (48) Od's sang, (49) Od save, (50) Od scosh, (51) Od's scurse, (52) Od sink, (53) Od smash, (54) Od so or Od zo, (55) Od spittkins, (56) Od splet, (57) Od stock, (58) Od swinge, (59) Od ton, (60) Od's wenderkins, (61) Od white or Od wyte, (62) Od-('s white light on, (63) Od woth, (64) Od's wowks, Od'sweawks, Od'swux, or Od'swucke, (65) Od's wounds ( and death, (66) Od's wunters, (67) Od zooks or Od sooks, (68) Od zookers, (69) Od zose or Od zoes, (70) Od zounderkuns hauw, (71) Od zounds. (1) Cum.4 (2) I.W.1 Odds blastnashun! My mind nothun doant zim to vaay noohow to-night, Append. (3) w.Sc. ‘'Od bless me!’ said he, Carrick Laird of Logan (1835) 58. w.Yks. (J.W.) (4) Lan. Odds blid, I'd a bin like th' king o' Prusho, Walker Plebeian Pol. (1796) 33, ed. 1801. (5) N.Cy.1 Exclamation of surprise. Cum.4 Yks. ‘Odsbobs, my lass,’ says she, ‘Ah'll gang wi' thee to t'world's end,’ Spec. Dial. (1800). e.Yks. ‘Odd's bobs!’ said the startled hedger, Wray Nestleton (1876) 20. w.Yks.2 w.Yks.5 n.Lin.1 Odds Bobs! who wo'd ha' expected to see you a weet daay like this. Nhp.1 ne.Wor. A favourite exclamation of surprise or pleasure. ‘Od's bobs, titty-me-'obs!’ (J.W.P.) Som. ‘Odds bobs!’ she laughed. ‘An' when you be down, the tongue o' ee can't zo much as go "tick",’ Raymond Men o' Mendip (1898) xiv. w.Som.1 Aud·z baub·z! Interj. of pleasure. (Very common.) Often it is ‘Odds bobs, here's fun!’ (6) w.Yks.2 Lan.1 A humorous expression of surprise. ‘Odds-bobs-an'-buttycakes, here's a bonny mess!’ (7) w.Yks.5 Lan. 'Ods bodikins, Nic,.. and that's a parson's oath, Roby Trad. (1829) II. 207, ed. 1872. (8) n.Yks. ‘Odsbods, my lass,’ says she, Broad Yks. 19. w.Yks.2 (9) w.Yks. (J.W.), n.Lin.1 (10) Lan. Odz breawns, boah if I'd bin oz Mr. Windy, Walker Plebeian Pol. (1796) 8, ed. 1801. (11) Cum. Udsbreed the French are coming, Anderson Ballads (ed. 1808) 82; Cum.4 (12) w.Yks.2 Od burn thee, come home, or I'll dit up thy sight; w.Yks.5 One reproaches a dog, day after day, in the same never-varied phrase, ‘'Ord burn thee fowl coit!’ (13) n.Lin.1 (14) Wm.&Cum.1 'Ods daggs! he'll be a darter, 202. (15) Lakel.2, w.Yks. (J.W.) (16) w.Sc. Od, dam 'ort! I know there's a lemon about the house, Carrick Laird of Logan (1835) 41. e.Lan.1 (17) Cum. Od dang 't! waur than that, when I greap'd my breek pocket, Anderson Ballads (ed. 1808) 142; Cum.4, w.Yks. (J.W.) Dev. Bowring Lang. (1866) I. pt. v. 36; Dev.1 Ods dang et, I wish I had the trimming o' an, 15. (18) I.W.1 Odd deyannashun seyze thee! Append. (19) Lakel.2 (20) w.Yks.2, Der.2, nw.Der.1 (21) w.Yks. (Æ.B.) (22) Brks.1 (23) Lakel.2 w.Yks. Od drat that cat! ah'd nearst a-trodden on't (Æ.B.). Lan. Od drat yo an' yo'r hair oil, Waugh Heather (ed. Milner) II. 267. ne.Lan.1, Brks.1 (24) w.Yks. (Æ.B.) (25) Cum.4 (26) Elg. Odd, fish, Geo., I wish, Geo., Ye wad stap ower the hill, Tester Poems (1865) 131. Lan. Odds fish, they're partly like karron crows, mon, Tim Bobbin View Dial. (ed. 1806) To the Reader, 7. (27) Lan. Ods flesh, mon! I've hardly any pashonse, when e think att, Walker Plebeian Pol. (1796) 21, ed. 1801; If theaw has ale or punch, Oddsflesh, aw'll ha' my tay, Ridings Muse (1883) 19. (28) Wm. (B.K.) (29) n.Yks.1 n.Yks.2, m.Yks.1 w.Yks. Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Oct. 17, 1885) I; w.Yks.1 Ods heart, Bridget, thou gat into a feaful hobble, ii. 294. Lan. Odds heart, howd teh tung, Meary, Tim Bobbin View Dial. (ed. 1806) 24. (30) N.Cy.1 Nhb. Ods heft! what a seet for Bob Cranky, N. Minstrel (1806-1807) pt. iv. 77. (31) Dmb. 'Od Kirst, if ane Had wun' like yours I do believe he might, Salmon Gowodean (1868) 8. (32) Lan. Odds-like, boh that wur o good neatert Justice, Tim Bobbin View Dial. (ed. 1806) 28. (33) Lan. Odds me, Meary! whooa the Dickons wou'd o thowt o' leeting o thee? TIM BOBBIN View Dial. 15. (34) Lan. Odds mine on didney let hur gooa, TIM BOBBIN View Dial. 22. (35) Dmf. Ods my life, I think you are a guid sowl yet, Good Wds. (1882) 497. w.Yks.2 Says Mr. Moore, ‘Ods my life, You shall not beat your wife.’ (36) Dor. ‘He has sold his soul to the wicked one.’ ‘'Od name it all,’ murmured the timber-merchant, Hardy Woodlanders (1887) I. iv. (37) Dor. Odd nation dang my old sides if he couldn't! Hardy Ethelberta (1876) I. i. (38) I.W.1 Oddsniggers, you mos'nt do that. [The landlord... cried, ‘Odds niggers! there is the commodore,’ Smollett P. Pickle (1751) ii.] (39) Wm. Od ounds, lad, but ther was kittle wark eh them times, Gibson Leg. and Notes (1877) 66. (40) Dor. Od' plague you, you young scamp, Hardy Blue Eyes (ed. 1895) 4. (41) Cum.4 n.Yks.1 n.Yks.4 Od rabbit 'em. e.Yks.1 m.Yks.1 Od-rabit him! w.Yks.2; w.Yks.5 ‘Od-rabit’ thuh! thou's awlus i' mischief! 'Od-rabit that lad! ah wonder he hes n't tummel'd i' t'fire an' burnt hizsel! ne.Lan.1, Chs.1 Chs.3, nw.Der.1, Lin.1, n.Lin.1, Nhp.1, War.3, s.Wor. (H.K.), Ken.1 Ess. 'Sides, od rabbet it! I hate to see sich trapesin' through the dart, Clark J. Noakes (1839) st. 52. Som. Odds rabbet un, he's so quick's a bird, Raymond Men o' Mendip (1898) i. Dev. Bowring Lang. (1866) I. pt. v. 36; Dev.1 Cor. ‘Ad-rabbat thee, Jan,’ said the maid, ‘I'm all-flushed,’ Forfar Jan's Crtshp. (1859) st. 4; Cor.1; Cor.2 (s.v. Rabbet et!) (42) n.Yks. (I.W.); n.Yks.1 n.Yks.2 Od-rabbit-lit o' them! God's wrath alight on them. m.Yks.1 Od-rabbit-lit o' t'like. (43) Kcb. There's Jess o' the Glen, Ods rackit, she'd make me a marrow, Armstrong Ingleside (1890) 219. (44) Wm. Od rat, barn, ther was some queer folk lang sen, Gibson Leg. and Notes (1877) 66. n.Yks.1 Od rat 'em. m.Yks.1 w.Yks.5 'Od-rat-em! ah wish ad. nivver knawn 'em! 'Od-rat-it! have forgotten to bring my clēan appron darn stāars wi' muh! Suf.1, Dev.1 n.Dev. 'Od rat it, you've Smâl time to git things vitty, Rock Jim an' Nell (1867) st. 2. Cor. ‘Ad rat those Cornish maids,’ says he, ‘They can't be quiet a minute,’ Forfar Poems (1885) 19. (45) Cum. Odd rots! the Deil may teck her, Rayson Poems (1839) 45; Cum.4, e.Yks.1, m.Yks.1 w.Yks. An shaated in a red-faced rage, Od rot it, hod the din, Preston Poems, &c. (1864) 7. Lan.1, ne.Lan.1, e.Lan.1, s.Chs.1, n.Lin.1, Nhp.1, War.3 Glo. 'Od rot ers little keärkiss, Buckman Darke's Sojourn (1890) 49. I.W.1 Cor. Od rot tha body, Saundry, who said so? Hunt Pop. Rom. w.Eng. (1865) 460, ed. 1896. (46) Lan. Od rottle the; whot seys to! Tim Bobbin View Dial. (ed. 1806) To the Reader, II. (47) Sc. Od's sake, I was fleyed for him, Dickson Kirk Beadle (1892) 102. Frf. Od sake, and that was the famous Dr. Guthrie, Inglis Ain Flk. (1895) 30. Per. Odd sak! my heart fairly lap i' my mouth, Cleland Inchbracken (1883) 65, ed. 1887. Rnf. 'Odsake, ay, the flees mak' o' yer milk a guse-dib, Neilson Poems (1877) 111. Lnk. Odsake, hoo the bodies did tease me, McLachlan Thoughts (1884) 21. Lth. Odsake, lass, They'll very soon be here, McNeill Preston (c. 1895) 2. (48) Lakel.2 (49) Sc. 'Od save us a', Swan Aldersyde (ed. 1892) 175. (50) s.Chs.1 (51) Lakel.2 (52) Cum.4 n.Lin.1 'Od sink it. (53) Nhb. 'Od smash ye! let's heave out wor planks on the ice, Midford Coll. Sngs. (1818) 3; Nhb.1 (54) Lan. Oddzo then,.. I'd hav' o pash at Piggin if e pede for garthing, Tim Bobbin View Dial. (ed. 1806) To the Reader, 7. Brks. Od so! if she don't marry some one soon, Macquoid Brks. Lady (1879) pt. I. v. [Odso! I have but sixpence about me, Fielding Wks. (ed. 1784) II. 8.] (55) Fif. Oddspittkins! how with poise exactly true, Clean forward to the ribbon'd pole they sweep, Tennant Anster (1812) 76, ed. 1871. (56) Cor. Adsplet hes ould head, T. Towser (1873) 83. (57) w.Yks.2 (58) Lakel.2 Cum. Odswinge, lad, there will be rare drinking, Anderson Ballads (ed. 1808) 7; Odswinge! this is brave! ANDERSON Ballads 184; Cum.4 ‘Odswinje! lads,’ sez ah, ‘it mun surely be this Hebrew,’ Sargisson Joe Scoap (1881) 213. ne.Lan.1 Dev. Odswinge! my lord, we weer long jaws, Peter Pindar Wks. (1816) IV. 198. (59) Nhb. Od ton, man! Richardson Borderer's Table-bk. (1846) VI. 198; Oad, ton! they say, Tib, tou's a wutch, RICHARDSON Borderer's Table-bk. 394. (60) Dev. Bowring Lang. (1866) I. pt. v. 36; Dev.1 Ods-wenderekins speak; I'll dawl thee jaws for thee, 14. (61) N.Cy.1 Cum. And he bledder'd, od-white te', tous broken my shins, Henderson Flk-Lore (1879) ii; Cum.4 Wm. Oddwhite justice an king teea, Wheeler Dial. (1790) 16; She dud flite an sed ‘Odd white tae,’ Spec. Dial. (1877) pt. i. 19. w.Yks. (C.W.D.), ne.Lan.1 (62) Lakel.2 Cum. Theer whee sud I see, but Watty the laird ─ Od wheyte leet on him! Anderson Ballads (ed. 1808) 6. Wm.&Cum.1 'Od wheyte leeght on you a', 177. Wm. (J.B.) (63) e.Yks.1 Oad woth it, Ah can't get it reet, MS. add. (T.H.) w.Yks. (J.W.) (64) n.Cy. Grose (1790) MS. add. (P.) Cum. Odswucke, man! doff that durty sark, Anderson Ballads (ed. 1808) 183; Cum.4 s.Lan. Bamford Dial. (1854). (65) Lakel.2 Cum.3 Od's wūns an' deeth, that's what I' forgitten! 26; Cum.4 'Ods wons! t'grunstane splat ebben in two! Richardson Talk (1871) 1st S. 34. s.Lan. Bamford Dial. (1854). (66) Lakel.2 Cum. Odswunters! I says, what ye divent ken me! Anderson Ballads (ed. 1808) 141; Ods wunters! it was as black as tudder was white, Richardson Talk (1876) 2nd S. 6; Yen cryt out ‘od's wonters,’ Gilpin Pop. Poetry (1875) 71; Cum.4 (67) Sc. Appear the bouncin' lasses; Whase shape, adzooks, An' killing looks, A. Wilson Poems (ed. 1876) 83 (JAM. Suppl.). Ayr. Odsooks! ye greedy monk,.. I wonder'd you took sic pain, Ballads and Sngs. (1847) II. 110. Cum.4, ne.Lan.1, w.Som.1, Dev.1 [Adsooks ! you baggage (cried the lover), you shouldn't want a smock nor a petticoat neither, Smollett P. Pickle (1751) lxxxvii.] (68) Cum.4 I.W.1 Oddzookers, a contraction of ‘God succour us!’ [Odzookers! I have hit o't, Fielding T. Jones (1749) bk. XVIII. ix.] (69) Wm. Od zose, exclaimed an old man, Briggs Remains (1825) 118. ne.Lan.1 (70) I.W.1 Oddzounderkuns hauw, what dost do that vor? (71) n.Yks.1 n.Yks.2, m.Yks.1 w.Yks.5 'Odzounds! wah is it awal that? Lan. Ods zeawns, Tum! Walker Plebeian Pol. (1796) 19, ed. 1801. w.Som.1, Dev.1

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