17-12-2025, 09:52 PM
(This post was last modified: 17-12-2025, 09:54 PM by Bluetoes101.)
I think I managed to un-puzzle myself..
So the modern English equivalent would be "So help me" or "I swear", we just leave off "god" and "to god". "I swear, if you make that noise again I'll strangle you!".
In your example, The Church didn't like this frivolous "oath taking" in gods name, so people made up words based on other words as a loophole (rather than just leave off "god"). The guy you quote says "well now you are swearing on god, AND making up names of non-existent things, AND the oath is a lie because non-existent things can't hold you to account!.. a goat can't hold anyone to account!"
So the quoted guy is saying "it still counts!", but other people are using it in a frivolous way - which was the issue.
In the context of "pox leber" in the VMS then, it may actually be along the lines of "So help me, I'm done with this stupid book" rather than "By gods name (swear an oath)"?
It's probably obvious to others, I may have just confused myself
So the modern English equivalent would be "So help me" or "I swear", we just leave off "god" and "to god". "I swear, if you make that noise again I'll strangle you!".
In your example, The Church didn't like this frivolous "oath taking" in gods name, so people made up words based on other words as a loophole (rather than just leave off "god"). The guy you quote says "well now you are swearing on god, AND making up names of non-existent things, AND the oath is a lie because non-existent things can't hold you to account!.. a goat can't hold anyone to account!"
So the quoted guy is saying "it still counts!", but other people are using it in a frivolous way - which was the issue.
In the context of "pox leber" in the VMS then, it may actually be along the lines of "So help me, I'm done with this stupid book" rather than "By gods name (swear an oath)"?
It's probably obvious to others, I may have just confused myself