'Zmorde!

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  • God’s Death! → after the archaic Shakespearean oaths, ’Sdeath! ("God's Death!"), ’Sblood! ("God's Blood!"), ’Zounds ("God's Wounds!) etc.
  • morte: (Italian) death
  • merde: (French) shit → an oath said for good luck → said by Cambronne, the last French officer on the field of Waterloo, when invited to surrender
  • Mord: (German) murder