used in oaths; as—
Odd’s bodikins! or Odsbody! means “God’s body,” of course referring to incarnate Deity.
Od’s heart! God’s heart.
Od’s pittikins! God’s pity.
Od’s plessed will! (Merry Wives of Windsor, i. 1.)
Od rot ʹem! (See Drat.)
Od-zounds! God’s wounds.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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