"god" meaning in Middle English

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Adjective

Etymology: From Old English gōd (“good”). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|gōd|t=good}} Old English gōd (“good”) Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective||{{{1}}}||{{{2}}}||{{{3}}}|head=}} god, {{enm-adj}} god
  1. Alternative form of good Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: good
    Sense id: en-god-enm-adj-VRlCBZ5q
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Proper name

IPA: /ɡɔd/ Forms: goddes [genitive]
Etymology: From Old English god, from Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gudą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|god}} Old English god, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*god}} Proto-West Germanic *god, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*gudą}} Proto-Germanic *gudą, {{inh|enm|ine-pro|*ǵʰutós}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós 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 Categories (topical): Christianity, People, Religion Related terms: godfader, godmoder, godsone
    Sense id: en-god-enm-name-8Js-eRtQ Disambiguation of Christianity: 1 70 23 5 Disambiguation of People: 3 64 32 0 Disambiguation of Religion: 0 54 40 6 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 3 50 15 31 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 64 12 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: God, godd, godde
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ɡɔd/ Forms: goddes [plural], goddes [genitive]
Etymology: From Old English god, from Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gudą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|god}} Old English god, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*god}} Proto-West Germanic *god, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*gudą}} Proto-Germanic *gudą, {{inh|enm|ine-pro|*ǵʰutós}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} god, {{enm-noun|gen=goddes|pl=goddes}} god (plural goddes, genitive goddes)
  1. A god or deity; a divine individual.
    Sense id: en-god-enm-noun-r0Ula2QJ
  2. A person worshipped as a divinity.
    Sense id: en-god-enm-noun-z1xOFGEs
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: God, godd, godde
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "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"
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          "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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          "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, page 118v, 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"
        },
        {
          "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",
          "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"
        ],
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          "Jesus Christ",
          "Jesus Christ#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡɔd/"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "God"
    },
    {
      "word": "godd"
    },
    {
      "word": "godde"
    }
  ],
  "word": "god"
}

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        "Alternative form of good"
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