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A contraction of the [[phrase]] [[God]] be with you (or ye); see GOD¹ (below). The substitution of [[good]]- for God may have been due to association with such [[formula]]s of leave-taking as good day, good night, etc.
It has been suggested that the phrase may have [[origin]]ated in God buy you = ‘God redeem you’, and that association with God be with you is of later date. This is not supported by the earliest forms, which as a rule show that the [[expression]] was known to be a clipped one.
Alternate: A colloquial and nursery variant is ''Bye Bye'' that is a [[sound]] used to lull a child to [[sleep]]; hence, a childish name for ‘sleep’ or ‘bed’.
==Reference==
1. GOD - In phrases expressive of a strong wish, chiefly for the benefit or injury of some [[person]], as God bless, damn, help, preserve, save, shield, speed, yield (you, him, etc.); also God forbid, grant (that); God give (something): for these see the various verbs. Hence occasionally used in participial [[expression]]s.
Some of these phrases assumed abbreviated or corrupted forms through frequent use, as God eyld (ild, dild) you, goddilge yee = God yield you; God b'wy (buy) ye = God be with you; God (Godge) you good even = God give you, etc. (also God dig-you-den, God(g)igoden. In such phrases as have remained current, God is often omitted, as bless you, damn you, preserve us.
==Defiinition==
*1. As an exclamation: A form of address at parting; farewell. Also in to bid, say good bye (to).
:b. abbreviated; cf. BYE-BYE.
*2. n. A saying ‘good-bye’; a parting greeting. Hence goodbyer, one who says ‘good-bye’; goodbying vbl. n., saying ‘good-bye’.
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[[Category: Languages and Literature]]
A contraction of the [[phrase]] [[God]] be with you (or ye); see GOD¹ (below). The substitution of [[good]]- for God may have been due to association with such [[formula]]s of leave-taking as good day, good night, etc.
It has been suggested that the phrase may have [[origin]]ated in God buy you = ‘God redeem you’, and that association with God be with you is of later date. This is not supported by the earliest forms, which as a rule show that the [[expression]] was known to be a clipped one.
Alternate: A colloquial and nursery variant is ''Bye Bye'' that is a [[sound]] used to lull a child to [[sleep]]; hence, a childish name for ‘sleep’ or ‘bed’.
==Reference==
1. GOD - In phrases expressive of a strong wish, chiefly for the benefit or injury of some [[person]], as God bless, damn, help, preserve, save, shield, speed, yield (you, him, etc.); also God forbid, grant (that); God give (something): for these see the various verbs. Hence occasionally used in participial [[expression]]s.
Some of these phrases assumed abbreviated or corrupted forms through frequent use, as God eyld (ild, dild) you, goddilge yee = God yield you; God b'wy (buy) ye = God be with you; God (Godge) you good even = God give you, etc. (also God dig-you-den, God(g)igoden. In such phrases as have remained current, God is often omitted, as bless you, damn you, preserve us.
==Defiinition==
*1. As an exclamation: A form of address at parting; farewell. Also in to bid, say good bye (to).
:b. abbreviated; cf. BYE-BYE.
*2. n. A saying ‘good-bye’; a parting greeting. Hence goodbyer, one who says ‘good-bye’; goodbying vbl. n., saying ‘good-bye’.
[[Category: General Reference]]
[[Category: Languages and Literature]]
