CarlusMagnus
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Welcome Henchman999 and a belated welcome to Bramblethorn. I have been consumed with research lately.
perdie - var of pardie
pardie or pardi or pardy - interjection archaic (French par De' by God) a mild oath
I've been working my way through an old translation of Victor Hugo's Les Misérables and comparing it with a French version with the idea of regaining some of the French I once knew, oh, about half a century ago.
Among the things I've learned is that the phrase par bleu, meaning "by blue," is a "mild oath", or, if you prefer, a wishy-washy substitute for par dieu, meaning "by God". In Hugo's time, the latter was a much more potent oath than it is these days.