Middle English Dictionary Entry
gọ̄dhēde n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | gọ̄dhēde n.(2) Also godede, goedhede, guodhed(d)e, (?) godet. |
| Etymology | From gọ̄d adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Goodness, virtue; also, virtuous conduct; (b) a good deed; a kindness done to someone; (c) value, worth; (d) a good state or condition, happiness; for ~ of, for the sake of (sth.).
Associated quotations
a
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)590 : Þe Maydenes..ffor hare goedhede hopede to habbe mede.
- c1330(?a1300) KAlex.(Auch)120 : Alisaunder hem bimeneþ þat hye no hadde warldes manhed To her oþer gode-hede.
- a1350(?c1280) SLeg.Concep.Virg.(Ashm 43)142 : Icham þe angel þat habbe ibore bifore god þi godhede.
- c1390(?c1350) SVrn.Leg.(Vrn)41/4 : Seint Bernard born was..Of wondur noble kinred Of gentrie and of goodhed.
- a1400 Amis (Eg 2862)2506 : And for her trewþ and her godhede, þe blisse of heuyn þey haue to mede.
- a1425(a1400) Titus & V.(Pep 2014)172 : Thus þei ȝelde him þer his meed For his trauaylle and his goodheed.
- c1450 Yk.BPrayer(2) (Yk-M 16.M.4)71/15 : We sall make a speciall prayer..þat god of his godhede relese þame of þare panes & seknes.
- a1500(?c1450) Florence (Cmb Ff.2.38:Vietor)1680 : Brynge me to þy bygly blys For thy grete godhede.
b
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)21072 : Nou he me ȝelt mede for mine god-hede [Clg: god dede].
- c1300 SLeg.MPChr.(LdMisc 108)201 : Ore louerd loueth bet a sunful man forþinchinde is misdedes þane a man of lesse sunne þat ȝelpez of his guodhedes.
- c1300 SLeg.Nich.(LdMisc 108)460 : Þou ȝolde mine godhede so vuele atþe laste.
- c1300 SLeg.Virg.to Devil (Hrl 2277)50 : Shal ich habbe þis for mi godhede þat ich habbe þe ido?
c
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)351 : Eurich þing mai losen his godehede Mid unmeþe & mid ouerdede.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)582 : Þu hauest imist al of fairhede, An lutel is al þi god ede [Jes-O: godhede].
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)233/21 : Þe golde of charte..yefþ uayrhede and guodhede to alle uirtues.
d
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)79/33 : Dyere onhede..is þe perfeccion and þe guodhedde [Vices & V.(2): blessedhed] huer-to we ssolle ous draȝe.
- (1431) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.254 : For goodet of pees and essee of the seid parson and his parisshenes we have admitted and take upon us the labour þerof.