Middle English Dictionary Entry
god-sone n.
Entry Info
| Forms | god-sone n. Also -sonne, -sune, gode(s)sone, gossone, cossone. |
| Etymology | OE god-sunu |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A godson; (b) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- c1250 in MLN 49237 : Confiliolitas, wlgo godsone and goddouter.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)5492 : Þe xli was Bleherris, King Bohortes godsone.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)67/1893 : Godfader wedded godsones child.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)48/34 : Þe zeuende is..of godsone to þe children of his godzyb.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)9702 : To foly þou shalt nat drawe..Þy goddoȝtyr ne þy godsone.
- (1419) *Will Bury155a : Also I be-qweþe Will Basse, my gossone, vj s. viij d.
- (1420) EEWills45/6 : I ȝewe to Iohn Forster, my godsonne, a becure of seluer.
- a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale (Roy 17.C.17)671/14 : Hic filiolus: godeson.
- ?1435 Lond.Chron.Jul.(Jul B.2)94 : In the same yeer the Duk off Bedford made kyng Herry the vite, his godsone, knyht at Leycestre.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)201 : Godson, or gosson [Win: godsune, or gosson; Phil: cossone]: Filiolus.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)10013 : Sire graciens..was godsone to kyng Ban.
- (1463) Will Bury in Camd.4935 : Item, to eche godsone that I haue xx d.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)56a : A Godeson: hic filiolus.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)124 : In the maister forteresse hadde he sette..a godsone of his, that he hadden houe fro the fontstone.
b
- (1205) CRR(2) 3294 : Rogerus Godessun.
- (1279) Hundred R.Tower 2411 : Ricardus Godsone.
- (1296) Sub.R.Sus.in Sus.RS 1041 : Rado le Godesone.
- (1297) Sub.R.Yks.in YASRS 16151 : Joh. Godsone.
- (1302) Let.Bk.Lond.A (Gldh LetBk A)200 : Adam Godessone.