Middle English Dictionary Entry
gọ̄der hēle, gọ̄der-hēle phr. & n.
Entry Info
| Forms | gọ̄der hēle, gọ̄der-hēle phr. & n. Also goddre heale, goderheale, godreheale, gouderhele; N godderhail, -hali, goderhail(e, -hale. |
| Etymology | OE & ON; cp. OI gōdu heilli in a good hour, fortunately. Although the phr. is not attested in OE, the forms point to gōdre (fem.dat.sg. of gōd) & hǣlu. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Good fortune; advantageously, fortunately; as interj.: Good luck!; (b) to ~, fortunately; (c) with dative: fortunately for (sb.); to ~, to ~ to, fortunately for (sb.), for (someone's) benefit or advantage; to ~ thin, for your benefit.
Associated quotations
a
- a1225 Lamb.Hom.Pater N.(Lamb 487)44 : For god let þu þet uuele beon; Godere hele þu hit scalt iseon.
- a1225 Lamb.Hom.Pater N.(Lamb 487)202 : Gif we þos bode þus bileggeð, ful goderhele we hit seggeð.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)15415 : And godder-hali [Göt: goderhale; Frf: goder haile] þan sal þou se For luue o þis techeing.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)23527 : Ful godderhail [Göt: goderhail]..mai fall, If þai als i wald, sua wald all.
- a1425(c1300) NHom.(1) Alex.(Ashm 42)434 : On þe godefridaie atte morne, Full godirhaile was he borne.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)107/226 : I haue here in my mayll sothen and rost, Euen of an ox tayll that wold not be lost; ha, ha, goderhayll! I let for no cost.
b
- a1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)85/31 : Þis is godes word þuruh isaie..wel is þe moder þet ou iber, & te godreheale were ȝe euer iboren.
- ?a1300 Sirith (Dgb 86)261 : To goder-hele euer come þou hider, For sone willi gange þider, And maken hire hounderstonde.
- c1390 Mayden Modur (Vrn)228 : To godur hele þou weore boren.
- c1390 Talking LGod (Vrn)10/17 : Wel weore him bigon, þat feled in his soule þat seli word to siggen; to goderhele weore he boren & to muche blisse.
- c1450 Battlefield Gram.(Trin-C O.5.4)117 : How many spyces hath the sygnificacion' of jnterieccion'? ffoure: myrthe as to gooderhele, as euax; sorwe, as heu; [etc.].
c
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)26/410 : Ant tah þu wone hefdest, oðer drehdest eani derf for his deorewurðe luue, as þe oðre deð for monnes, to goderheale him þe [Tit: þin He] hit þoleð, to fondi þe hweðer þu beo treowe.
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)51b : Hali men & mummen beoð of alle fondunges swiðest ofte itemptet, & ham to goderheale [Nero: goddre heale; Recl.: goderhele], for þurh þe feht..ha biȝeoteð þe blisfule kempene crune.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)7570 : Mold..quene was of engelond..þat goderhele [vrr. gouderhele to, to goderhele, to goderhele to] al engelond was heo euere ybore.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1450 *Lordyngis leue (Bod 48)363 : Where half þe bisnesse do to God þat is do to þe fend, To goderele al þe worle!
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