halidome

By my halidome [originally something regarded as sacred, as a relic; formerly much used in solemn oaths], he is ashore, and grasps his pole! —

Quentin Durward 2008

“Not I, by my halidome,” quoth Le Glorieux, “if you would give me fifty crowns to boot.”

Quentin Durward 2008

I see you smile, but by my halidome, it is true — yet that is no excuse for the King, whose conduct, like his person, hath more resemblance to that of old Michaud, the moneychanger of

Quentin Durward 2008

By my halidome, saving in a little outward show of gallantry, Tristan, the

Quentin Durward 2008

“And I,” said Gurth, “could take it on my halidome, that I have heard the voice of the good yeoman who won it, by night as well as by day, and that the moon is not three days older since I did so.”

Ivanhoe 2004

He was teasing her, being provoking, and her frazzled nerves couldn't halidome it.

Breakfast In Bed Brown, Sandra, 1948- 1983

"It is two days since I stretched my legs, and, by my halidome, I shall forget how to use them, without more practice."

The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance John Turvill Adams

` ` By my halidome, '' said Fitzurse, ` ` the plan was worthy of your united wisdom! and thy prudence,

Ivanhoe 1892

The Prince paused a moment beneath the gallery of the Lady Alicia, to whom he paid his compliments, observing, at the same time, to those around him --- ` ` By my halidome, sirs! if the Knight's feats in arms have shown that he hath limbs and sinews, his choice hath no less proved that his eyes are none of the clearest. ''

Ivanhoe 1892

` ` And I, '' said Gurth, ` ` could take it on my halidome, that I have heard the voice of the good yeoman who won it, by night as well as by day, and that the moon is not three days older since I did so. ''

Ivanhoe 1892