Middle English Dictionary Entry
godcund adj. & n.
Entry Info
| Forms | godcund adj. & n. Also (early dat.) godcunden, godcundæn. |
| Etymology | OE |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Belonging to God, divine; ~ kinde, the divine nature; (b) concerned with God; ~ love, spiritual love; ~ man, a priest; ~ sighte, a vision of divine matters; ~ writ, the Scriptures; (c) as noun: divine nature.
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(c1125) Vsp.D.Hom.Fest.Virg.(Vsp D.14)32/161 : Þæt hire sune, gyf him gewill wære, hire gehulpe mid þære godcunden strængðe.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)102/18 : He him his godcundæn mihte cuþen wolde.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)120/18 : He is soð God þurh his godcunde ȝecynde.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)5873 : Þe Laferrd Jesu Crist Inn hiss goddcunnde kinde Aȝȝ wass, & iss, & æfre beoþ.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)14257 : Crist..turrnde waterr inntill win þurrh hiss goddcunnde mahhte.
b
- c1175(OE) Bod.Hom.Dom.Quadr.(Bod 343)40/11 : Þæt he beo ifylled mid þare godcunden lufe onȝean his nyxtæn.
- c1175(OE) Bod.Hom.Dom.Quadr.(Bod 343)42/22 : Swa swa þæt godcunde writ cwæð.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)120/20 : Crist sceawde his leorning cnihtæs þa godcunde sihðe.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)10139 : Luces..beð hine..þet he senden him anan sumne god-cunde mon, for þe king wolde..Cristes laȝen vnderfon.
c
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)24960 : Godd sulf hit makede þurh his god-cunde.