Definition
Used to express surprise or incredulity.
Origins
Seventeenth-century British variant of oh my God, probably intended to avoid blasphemy. Compare Danish I guder.
In Context
- "Ye Gods, what Havock does Ambition make Among your Works!"
- "Would he not far rather lay him down lengthwise along the line of the equator; yea, ye gods! go down to the fiery pit itself, in order to keep out this frost?"