Middle English Dictionary Entry
god-doughter n.
Entry Info
| Forms | god-doughter n. |
| Etymology | OE god-dohtor |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A goddaughter.
Associated quotations
- c1250 in MLN 49237 : Confiliolitas, wlgo godsone and goddouter.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)48/33 : Þe zeuende is of man..to his goddoȝter.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)9702 : To foly þou shalt nat drawe..þy goddoȝtyr ne þy godsone [F Sun fiz ou fille espirital].
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)28480 : Mi godd doghter i gafe ne grith.
- (1422) EEWills50/8 : I bequeth to Peryne her suster, my god doutghter, in þe same forme x li.
- a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale (Roy 17.C.17)671/15 : Hec filiola: goddoghter.
- (1427) Will Durham in Sur.Soc.275 : Elyzabeth ffitzhugh, my goddoghter, a book couered in grene.
- (1438) Will Norwich in Nrf.Archaeol.4330 : I beqwethe to Crystian, my cosyn, my modyrs goodowter, vij s. iiij d.
- (1444) Will York in Sur.Soc.30106 : And to my god doghter, Agnes of Calverley, a gold ryng.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)56a : A Godedowghter: filiola.
- a1500 Mayer Nominale (Mayer)690/11 : Hec filiola: a goddowghter.