Meanings
alternative obsolete fut
- obsoleteA contraction of "God's foot"; an oath.
’Sfoot, what a bevy of beaten slaves are here!
1611, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, King and No King3 more examples
’Sfoot, I’ll learn to conjure and raise devils
1602, William Shakespeare, The History of Troilus and CressidaAgain, again, as God judge me: ’sfoot, cuz, they stand thrumming here with me all day, and yet I get nothing. ’Sfoot, my wit bleeds for’t, methinks.
1604-1616. Thomas Dekker and Thomas Middleton, The Honest Whore“’Sfoot,” Mr. Editor, — what exquisite nonsense hast thou here suffered to pass wholly unnoticed?
1814, . Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths, The Monthly Review, page 234
Origin
A style of oath appearing in Jacobean drama in the 17th century.
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