Sblood
/ˈzblʊd/noun
A historical oath or exclamation, originally a clipped form of “God’s blood.”
Did you know?In Elizabethan and Jacobean drama, oaths like this were often minced to dodge religious blasphemy laws, so playwrights turned sacred language into coded shock value.
Etymological Timeline
Middle English
English
Goddes blood
“An oath invoking Christ’s blood”
16th Century
English
’sblood
“A clipped, euphemistic oath used as an exclamation”
17th Century
English
sblood
“A printed dramatic oath in plays and pamphlets”
Modern English
English
sblood
“An archaic literary exclamation”