English

Interjection

'sblood

1. (archaic) An exclamation formerly used as an oath, and an expression of anger or wonder.
   • "'Sblood, I would my face were in your belly." — King Henry the Fourth Part 1, Act 3, Scene 3, William Shakespeare
   • "Yea, for obtaining of suits, whereof the hangman
     hath no lean wardrobe. 'Sblood, I am as melancholy..." — King Henry the Fourth Part 1, Act 1, Scene 2, William Shakespeare
   • "'Sblood, 'twas time to counterfeit, or that hot termangant Scot had paid me, scot and lot too..." — King Henry the Fourth Part 1, Act 5, Scene 4, William Shakespeare
   • "'Sblood! an arrant traitor as any is in the
     universal world, or in France, or in England" — King Henry the Fifth, Act 4, Scene 8, William Shakespeare
   • "'Sblood, do you think I am easier to be played on than a pipe?" — Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 2, William Shakespeare
   • "'Sblood, but you'll not hear me!" — Othello the Moor of Venice, Act 1, Scene 1, William Shakespeare

See also

• blimey
• bloody
• gadzooks
• ods bodikin
• 'sdeath
• 'struth, strewth
• 'zounds, zounds

Anagrams

• bloods, Bloods