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[-] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

I guess technically "By the Nine" is a religious exclamation.

[-] Willoughby@piefed.world 4 points 1 month ago

"you're finally awake"

[-] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

The nine... Muses? Mothers of Heimdall? Months of childbirth? Worlds on Yggdrasil?

[-] DeltaWingDragon@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

Nine rings for the mortal men doomed to die?

[-] FishFace@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago

The nine divines you apostate!

[-] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Sorry you're going to have to elaborate :p

[-] FishFace@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago

It's an elder Scrolls reference :)

[-] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 1 points 1 month ago

You could substitute any number and get a superficially meaningless swear that means “substitute appropriately heavy blasphemy here”.

[-] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

"By the Seven" if you're ever in Westoros.

[-] Dojan@pawb.social 1 points 1 month ago

I thought they were mostly secular in Västerås.

[-] Lumidaub@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago

Lolno they have both old gods and new.

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