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'Sblood
''''Sblood''', a contraction of "[[God]]'s blood", is an [[archaic]] [[interjection]] often used as an [[oath]]. In [[medieval]] and [[Renaissance]] times, swearing by God's body or parts thereof was rather common. The term is used twelve times in [[William Shakespeare]]'s works, for example.

Similar oaths include:

* ''God's bodkin'' (God's body)
* ''gadzooks'' (God's hooks, i.e. the nails used in the [[crucifixion]])
* ''[[zounds]]'' (God's wounds)
* '''sdeath'' (God's death)
* '''struth'' (God's truth)

Many of these oaths were considered highly offensive in Shakespeare's time, due to their religious nature, and may have contributed to the success of his works.

== See also ==
* [[profanity]]
* [[bloody]]

== External links ==
* [http://www.essaydepot.com/essayme/1159/index.php Essay on profanity]

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