Middle English Dictionary Entry
gọ̄den v.
Entry Info
| Forms | gọ̄den v. Also godiȝen, ȝegoden. P. ppl. i)goded, igodet. |
| Etymology | OE ge)gōdian |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To improve (sth.), make (the heart) better, endow or enrich (a church, monastery); benefit or help (sb.); (b) to get better, recover; become better spiritually.
Associated quotations
a
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.963 : Ða bohte se abbot Aldulf landes feola & manega, & godede þa þet mynstre swiðe mid ealle.
- ?a1160 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1137 : Martin abbot..wrohte on þe circe & sette þar to landes & rentes & goded it suythe.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)2126 : Josæp tacneþþ uss þatt þing þatt godedd iss & ekedd.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)15909 : All swa birrþ læredd mann þurrh spell þe mekenn all þin herrte..& nesshenn itt & godenn.
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)116b : Ȝe mahen muchel beon þurh ham igodet [Nero: igoded] & iwurset.
- c1230 *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)71a : Ne schule ȝe makie na man þet ne pleainin ow of na wone, bute to sum treowe freond þet hit mei amendin & godin ham oðer ow.
- a1400 Ancr.Recl.(Pep 2498)85/19 : Þise comen..of man praysynge oiþer ygoded of sum man.
b
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)35/10 : Hæte hym man bæþ swa hraþa swa hys wisa godiȝe.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)6016 : God mann riseþþ aȝȝ uppwarrd Inn alle gode dedess, & godeþþ aȝȝ..Biforenn Godess ehne.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)10866 : Iwhillc mann..Birrþ stiȝhenn upp..& godenn aȝȝ fra daȝȝ to daȝȝ.