'sheart
English
Alternative forms
- shart, s'harte, 's'heart
Etymology
Minced form of (by) God's heart, ods heart, etc.
Interjection
'sheart
- (archaic, minced oath) Used as an oath and in expressions of wonder, anger, etc.
- c. 1596, Sir Thomas More, Act III, Scene ii, l. 276:
- Shart, if my haire stand not an end...
Synonyms
- 'sblood, 'sdeath, 'struth, 'zounds
- (wonder): see Thesaurus:wow
References
- “’Sheart, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1914.