"god" meaning in Middle English

See god in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From Old English gōd (“good”). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|gōd|t=good}} Old English gōd (“good”) Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective|altform=1}} god
  1. alternative form of good Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: good
    Sense id: en-god-enm-adj-5z-Jxux8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Proper name

IPA: /ɡɔd/ Forms: goddes [genitive], God [alternative], godd [alternative], godde [alternative]
Etymology: From Old English god, from Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gudą. Etymology templates: {{etymon|enm|:inh|ang:god<id:deity>|id=deity}}, {{inh|enm|ang|god}} Old English god, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*god}} Proto-West Germanic *god, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*gudą}} Proto-Germanic *gudą Head templates: {{head|enm|proper noun|genitive|goddes|uncountable}} god (genitive goddes, uncountable)
  1. God (the deity of Abrahamic religions, especially the Christian God, considered to be Jesus Christ) Tags: uncountable Related terms: godfader, godmoder, godsone, gospel
    Sense id: en-god-enm-name-8Js-eRtQ Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Christianity, Religion Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 9 40 14 37 Disambiguation of Christianity: 4 82 12 3 Disambiguation of Religion: 0 79 14 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ɡɔd/ Forms: goddes [plural], goddes [genitive, singular], God [alternative], godd [alternative], godde [alternative]
Etymology: From Old English god, from Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gudą. Etymology templates: {{etymon|enm|:inh|ang:god<id:deity>|id=deity}}, {{inh|enm|ang|god}} Old English god, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*god}} Proto-West Germanic *god, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*gudą}} Proto-Germanic *gudą Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} god, {{enm-noun|gen=goddes|pl=goddes}} god (plural goddes, genitive singular goddes)
  1. A god or deity; a divine individual.
    Sense id: en-god-enm-noun-r0Ula2QJ Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, People Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 9 40 14 37 Disambiguation of People: 0 0 100 0
  2. A person worshipped as a divinity.
    Sense id: en-god-enm-noun-z1xOFGEs Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 9 40 14 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "english": "Now, Brother Walter, my brother by blood relation and in Christendom, through baptism and faith, and my brother in God's house […]",
          "ref": "c. 1180, Orͬm, “[Dedication]”, in Orͬmulum (Bodleian MS. Junius 1), Bourne Abbey, Lincolnshire, folio 3, recto; republished at Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 10 January 2019:",
          "text": "Nu broþerr Ƿallꞇ͛. broþerͬ min. Affꞇ͛ þe flæsheſſ kĩde⹎ ⁊ broþerͬ mın ı crıſſtenndom. Þurrh fulluhht⹎ ⁊ þurrh troꟕþe⹎ ⁊ broþerr mın ı ꟑodeſſ huſ […]",
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          "english": "Hail, Lady, bright sea-star, / God's mother, blessed being, / maiden always [from] first to last, / the Kingdom of Heaven's holy gate.",
          "ref": "a. 1333, “Poem 7: Ave maris stella; Fol. 207r-v”, in William Herebert, transl., Opera (British Library MS. Add. 46919), Hereford; republished as The Works of William Herebert, OFM (Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse), [Ann Arbor]: University of Michigan, a. 2018:",
          "text": "Hayl, Leuedy, se-stœrre bryht, / Godes moder, edy wyht, / Mayden euer vurst and late, / Of heueneriche sely ʒáte.",
          "translation": "Hail, Lady, bright sea-star, / God's mother, blessed being, / maiden always [from] first to last, / the Kingdom of Heaven's holy gate.",
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          "english": "And lightning, sounds, and thunder came out of the throne, and seven lamps were burning in front of the throne, which are the seven spirits of God.",
          "ref": "c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Apocalips 4:5, folio 118, verso, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010",
          "text": "⁊ leıtıs ⁊ voıces ⁊ þundꝛıngıs camen out of þe troone. ⁊ ſeuene lau[m]pıs bꝛe[n]nynge bıfoꝛe þe troone.· whıche ben þe ſeuene ſpırıtıs of god",
          "translation": "And lightning, sounds, and thunder came out of the throne, and seven lamps were burning in front of the throne, which are the seven spirits of God."
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          "english": "I am gracious and great, God without beginning, / I am the unmade maker—all might is in me, / I am life and the way to the attainment of salvation, / I am foremost and first—as I command, it shall be.",
          "roman": "I am gracyus and grete, god withoutyn begynnyng, / I am maker vnmade, all mighte es in me, / I am lyfe and way vnto welth-wynnyng, / I am formaste and fyrste, als I byd sall it be.",
          "text": "a. 1450, The Creation and the Fall of Lucifer in The York Plays, as recorded c. 1463–1477 in British Museum MS. Additional 35290",
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        "as proper noun",
        "often derogatory or in philosophy"
      ],
      "word": "god"
    },
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          "lang_code": "pon",
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          "word": "Koht"
        }
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    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "God"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Yola",
      "lang_code": "yol",
      "word": "Gud"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Yola",
      "lang_code": "yol",
      "word": "God"
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      "name": "etymon"
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      "form": "goddes",
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        "genitive"
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    },
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      "form": "God",
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      "form": "godd",
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  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "godfader"
    },
    {
      "word": "godmoder"
    },
    {
      "word": "godsone"
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    {
      "word": "gospel"
    }
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      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              134,
              140
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              115,
              120
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Now, Brother Walter, my brother by blood relation and in Christendom, through baptism and faith, and my brother in God's house […]",
          "ref": "c. 1180, Orͬm, “[Dedication]”, in Orͬmulum (Bodleian MS. Junius 1), Bourne Abbey, Lincolnshire, folio 3, recto; republished at Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 10 January 2019:",
          "text": "Nu broþerr Ƿallꞇ͛. broþerͬ min. Affꞇ͛ þe flæsheſſ kĩde⹎ ⁊ broþerͬ mın ı crıſſtenndom. Þurrh fulluhht⹎ ⁊ þurrh troꟕþe⹎ ⁊ broþerr mın ı ꟑodeſſ huſ […]",
          "translation": "Now, Brother Walter, my brother by blood relation and in Christendom, through baptism and faith, and my brother in God's house […]",
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        },
        {
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              33,
              38
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            [
              31,
              36
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Hail, Lady, bright sea-star, / God's mother, blessed being, / maiden always [from] first to last, / the Kingdom of Heaven's holy gate.",
          "ref": "a. 1333, “Poem 7: Ave maris stella; Fol. 207r-v”, in William Herebert, transl., Opera (British Library MS. Add. 46919), Hereford; republished as The Works of William Herebert, OFM (Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse), [Ann Arbor]: University of Michigan, a. 2018:",
          "text": "Hayl, Leuedy, se-stœrre bryht, / Godes moder, edy wyht, / Mayden euer vurst and late, / Of heueneriche sely ʒáte.",
          "translation": "Hail, Lady, bright sea-star, / God's mother, blessed being, / maiden always [from] first to last, / the Kingdom of Heaven's holy gate.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "And lightning, sounds, and thunder came out of the throne, and seven lamps were burning in front of the throne, which are the seven spirits of God.",
          "ref": "c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Apocalips 4:5, folio 118, verso, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010",
          "text": "⁊ leıtıs ⁊ voıces ⁊ þundꝛıngıs camen out of þe troone. ⁊ ſeuene lau[m]pıs bꝛe[n]nynge bıfoꝛe þe troone.· whıche ben þe ſeuene ſpırıtıs of god",
          "translation": "And lightning, sounds, and thunder came out of the throne, and seven lamps were burning in front of the throne, which are the seven spirits of God."
        },
        {
          "english": "I am gracious and great, God without beginning, / I am the unmade maker—all might is in me, / I am life and the way to the attainment of salvation, / I am foremost and first—as I command, it shall be.",
          "roman": "I am gracyus and grete, god withoutyn begynnyng, / I am maker vnmade, all mighte es in me, / I am lyfe and way vnto welth-wynnyng, / I am formaste and fyrste, als I byd sall it be.",
          "text": "a. 1450, The Creation and the Fall of Lucifer in The York Plays, as recorded c. 1463–1477 in British Museum MS. Additional 35290",
          "translation": "I am gracious and great, God without beginning, / I am the unmade maker—all might is in me, / I am life and the way to the attainment of salvation, / I am foremost and first—as I command, it shall be.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "God (the deity of Abrahamic religions, especially the Christian God, considered to be Jesus Christ)"
      ],
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        [
          "God",
          "God#English:_Abrahamic"
        ],
        [
          "Jesus Christ",
          "Jesus Christ#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡɔd/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "god"
}

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    "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
    "Pages with 24 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "enm:Christianity",
    "enm:People",
    "enm:Religion"
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        "alternative form of good"
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