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§7; §43; §106; §128; §223; §253; §284; §299; §315; §344; §426; §445;
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good, having in due measure the properties, which an object of its kind ought to have.
of material things
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  • Ǽlc gód treów byrð góde wæstmas,

      Mt. 7, 17.
  • Ælfheres láf (

    a corslet

    ), gód . . ., golde geweorðod, ealles unscende,
      Vald. 2, 17.
  • Hét him ýðlidan gódne gegyrwan,

      B. 199. (1 a) of food or drink :--
    Ánan esne gebyreð tó metsunge xii. pund gódes cornes, Ll. Th. i. 436, 26. xxx. ombra gódes uuelesces aloð, C. D. i. 293, 12.
  • Ðó on gód ealu,

      Lch. ii. 318, 13.
  • Ǽlc man sylþ ǽrest gód wín . . . Ðú geheólde ꝥ góde wín oð þis, Jn. 2, 10. (1 b) of land,

    fertile

    :-- Þæt land ys swíðe þearle gód . . . Drihten siló ús þá moldan þe meolce and hunige fléwð,
      Num. 14, 7.
  • Neorxna wang stód gód (cf. Gen. 2, 9),

      Gen. 209.
  • Sum feóll on gód land,

      Mk. 4, 8.
  • (1 c) of a place

    Wé on þan gódan ríce gesǽlige sǽton,

      Gen. 410.
of non-material things
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  • Mid gefyllednesse góddere þénunge wé weorðaþ heofena ríces yrfeweardas,

      R. Ben. 4, 24.
  • Woruldgerihta ic wille ꝥ standan swá góde swá hý mon on betste áredian mæge . . . And . . . mid Denum be swá gódum lagum swá hý betst geceósan mægen,

      Ll. Th. i. 272, 23-31.
  • Swá góde lage swá hý betste geceósen,

      276, 17.
of animals
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  • Hors tó healfan pund gif hit swá gód sý, and gif hit mǽtre sý . . .,

      Ll. Th. i. 232, 25. .i. gód metecú, 436, 27.
  • Ne gód hafoc geond sæl swingeð,

      B. 2263.
of persons, as a term of indefinite commendation
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  • Higeláces þegn gód mid Geátum, sé wæs moncynnes mægenes strengest, æðele and eácen,

      B. 199.
  • Hér líð úre ealdor . . . gód on greóte,

      By. 315.
  • Fródne and gódne fæder Unwénes,

      Víd. 114.
  • Geongne æðeling sceolan góde gesíðas byldan tó beaduwe and tó beáhgife,

      Gn. C. 14.
  • (4 a) as an epithet in courteous address

    Nú hæbbe ic his hér on handa, herra se góda,

      Gen. 678.
  • Þú meaht nú þé self geseón, Eve seó góde,

      610.
  • (4 b) as an epithet along with a title

    Forþférde se góda pápa Marinus,

      Chr. 885; P. 80, 5.
  • Seó góde cwén Margarita,

      1093; P. 228, 11.
of qualities or attributes,
good (courage)
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  • Ðá bæd ic þá fyrde ꝥ hié hæfdon gód ellen þára þinga þe ús on becwómon

    orabam Macedones ne aduersis casibus cederent neue deficerent,

      Nar. 14, 22.
  • Hé hæfde gód geþanc,

      By. 13.
of a state of things,
commendable, right
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  • Hú góod is and hú wynsum ꝥ mon eardige on ðára gebróðra ánnesse,

      Bl. H. 139, 29.
  • Góód is þæt . . .,

      Ps. Th. 72, 23.
of moral excellence.
in respect to general character or conduct,
virtuous.
of persons
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  • Ǽlc man sceal his gódan dǽda áhebban, gif hé sceal gód and medeme weorþan,

      Bl. H. 129, 35.
  • Noe wæs gód . . . dómfæst and gedéfe (cf. Noe wæs rihtwís,

      Gen. 6, 9), Gen. 1285.
  • Ic þé gódne wát, fæsthýdigne, 1346.
  • Oft þá gódan déman (cf. þá unrihtwísan déman, 21) habbað yfele gingran,

      Ll. Lbm. 475, 28.
  • Þá gódan bióþ simle wealdende and þá yfelan nabbaþ nǽnne anweald,

      Bt. 36, 1; F. 172, 22. ¶ where a
    special virtue or excellence is implied.
bravery
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  • Sé þe worna fela gumcystum gód gúða gedígde,

      B. 2543.
  • Hyne Geáta bearn gódne ne tealdon . . . wéndon þæt hé sleac wǽre, æðeling unfrom, 2184.
  • Hé úsic gárwígend góde tealde, hwate helmberend, 2641.
wisdom or learning
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  • Is nú feala forðgewitenra fródra and gódra, gleáwra monna,

      El. 637.
of conduct, actions, words, feelings, &c.
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  • Titus wæs swá gódes willan þæt . . .,

      Ors. 6, 8; S. 264, 2.
  • Búton hé hwæt mid gódum willan for Gode gedyde,

      Bl. H. 97, 27.
  • Gif hine hwá tó góddre drohtunge tihte,

      Hml. Th. i. 524, 4.
  • God him geunne ꝥ his góde dǽda swýðran wearðan þonne misdǽda,

      Chr. 959; P. 115, 14.
  • Mid bysene gódra weorca,

      Ll. Th. i. 272, 22.
  • Góddra, R. Ben. 16, 14. (b β)

    brave

    (deed), cf.
      II. 1 ¶
  • α

    Weorða ðé selfne gódum dǽdum,

      Vald. 1, 23.
as an epithet of the Deity
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  • God simle biþ full gód,

      Bt. 34, 7; F. 144, 20.
  • Se góda God,

      36, 1; F. 172, 5.
kind, gentle, gracious,
of persons
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  • Þæt wé þeóden swá gódne grétan móton,

      B. 347.
  • Cam freóndlíce on his fæder áre ne wolde gesceáwian . . . góde wǽron Sem and Iafeð,

      Gen. 1587.
  • Freónda gódra, Rä. 27, 22. ¶ in a special sense,

    liberal

    :-- Wes þú ús lárena gód,
      B. 269.
  • Ic gumcystum gódne funde beága bryttan, 1486: 1969.
of actions, feelings, words, &c.
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  • On eorðan sý sybb mannum gódes willan,

      Lk. 2, 14: Bl. H. 93, 10: Hy. 8, 6.
  • Is gód willa, þæt hé óðres mannes ungelimp besárgige, and on his gesundfulnysse fægnige,

      Hml. Th. i. 584, 5.
  • Wolde ic freóndscipe þínne begitan gódne,

      An. 480.
  • Þá gástas góde word sprecað . . . 'Wine leófesta . . .,' Seel. 134.
good in a religious sense,
pious, devout
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  • Gód wæs Gúðlác; hé in gǽste bær heofoncundne hyht,

      Gú. 141.
  • Symle Crístes lof in Gúðláces gódum móde weóx, 365.
  • Cnihtas ǽfæste . . . góde in godsǽde,

      Dan. 90.
  • Hé bið þám gódum glædmód on gesihðe . . . Hé bið þám yflum egeslic tó geseónne, synnegum monnum,

      Cri. 911: 1576. (4 a) religious by profession, ecclesiastical, clerical.
of persons
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  • Mid mínra witena geþeahte, ge hádedra (gódra,

    v. l.

    ) ge lǽwedra,
      Ll. Th. i. 246, 20.
  • Se cyng Willelm wæs milde þám gódum mannum þe God lufedon (

    humble to the servants of God,

    Henry of Huntingdon),
      Chr. 1086; P. 219, 22.
of procedure
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  • Béte man mid áne punde, and mid gódre bóte (

    with confession) þingige georne (cf. twá (þreó, &c.) pund tó bóte mid godcundan scrifte in the next six paragraphs ),

      Ll. Th. ii. 240, 13.
proceeding from God. Cf. godcund;
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  • Æfter þǽre gódan sprǽce

    iuxta oraculum,

      Bd. 2, 12; Sch. 161, 15.
favourable, advantageous.
happy, prosperous
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  • Wyrd . . . þeáh hit ús manigfealdlic ðince, sum gód, sum yfel, hit is þeáh him ánfeald gód, for þám hé hit eall tó gódum ende bringþ,

      Bt. 39, 6; F. 220, 6-9.
  • Nis se ende tó gód,

      Seel. 38.
  • On þám écean lífe syndon góde dagas . . . þeáh hwá wille hér on lífe habban góde dagas . . . bið se án góda dæg mid Gode,

      Hml. S. 12, 80-89.
  • Þæt hé geseó góóde dagas,

      Ps. Th. 33, 12. (1 a) of a season, favourable to production,
good (
year)
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  • Cóm gód geár and swá eác micel genihtsumnys wæstma on Breotone lond

    tantis frugum copiis insula affluere coepit,

      Bd. 1, 14; Sch. 38, 12.
  • Cóm gód gér and wæstmberende

    annus laetus et frugifer,

      4, 13; Sch. 419, 12.
pleasant to the senses
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  • Þæt treów wæs gód tó etanne,

      Gen. 3, 6.
  • Spica is gódes stences,

      Bl. H. 73, 22.
  • Mid ðǽm nosum wé tósceádað góde stencas and yfele,

      Past. 433, 22.
conducive to well-being, beneficial, profitable, wholesome, salutary
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  • Ꝥ bið gód dolhsealf,

      Lch. ii. 92, 8.
  • Wiþ nǽdran bite, fífleáfe . . . wiþ wín gemenged gód biþ tó drincanne,

      110, 20.
  • Ꝥ tó náhte nyt ne biþ ꝥ man gódne mete ete, gif hé hit eft spíwende ánforlǽteþ,

      Bl. H. 57, 5.
  • (3 a) with dat. of object benefited

    Sió wiþerwearde wyrd is þǽm gód þe winnaþ wiþ unþeáwas,

      Bt. 40, 2; F. 236, 17.
  • Ꝥ seó niównes þára metta mæge him góde beón,

      Lch. ii. 240, 16.
  • (3 b) with dat. and dat. infin.

    Nis ná gód þisum men ána tó wunienne,

      Gen. 2, 18.
  • Gód is ús hér tó beónne,

      Mt. 17, 4.
of reputation, report
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  • Gód

    faustus

    (faustam famam,
      Ald. 162, 12), An. Ox. 18 b, 35.
with reference to a purpose or effect.
adapted to an end, useful, suitable
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  • Sió biþ gód tó dolhsealfe,

      Lch. ii. 92, 27.
  • Blód lǽtan móna gód ys, iii. 184, 11,

    and often.

    Stede hafað gódne,
      Rä. 45, 3.
having the characteristics required in a particular capacity, able, skilful
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  • Swá sceal gód scýrman his hláfordes healdan,

      Angl. ix. 260, 16.
  • Sum bið gewittig æt wínþege, beórhyrde gód,

      Crä. 75.
  • Hé ne bið him lǽce gód,

      Sal. 102.
reliable, trustworthy
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  • Hæbbe hé in áðe óðirne ǽwdan gódne,

      Ll. Th. i. 42, 8.
  • Mid gódum ǽwdum,

      28, 2, 8.
  • Beforan gódum weotum geceápod,

      118, 14.
  • Mid twám gódum þegenum,

      294, 12.
adequate, effectual, valid.
of personal actions or activities,
thorough, effectual
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  • Hé hit heóld on gódre geþuǽrnesse,

      Chr. 860; P. 68, 1.
  • Hí gódne friþ heóldon,

      877; P. 74, 21.
  • Nis ná tó forgytane ꝥ góde friþ þe hé macode,

      1086; P. 220, 12.
valid, sound
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  • Á þín dóm sý gód and genge,

      Az. 109.
sufficient or
abundant in quantity
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  • Eów byþ geseald gód gemet and full,

      Lk. 6, 38.
  • Swá mycel swá wolde beón gód handebrád,

      Vis. Lfc. 72.
  • Bið hé gódes leánes weorðe,

      Ll. Th. i. 440, 18.
  • Hé gegaderode gódne dǽl feós,

      Hml. S. 25, 468.
  • Hé góde hwíle þone here gefliémde,

      Chr. 837; P. 62, 32.
qualifying a definite statement of quantity
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  • Drince gódne bollan fulne,

      Lch. ii. 108, 6.
  • Dó ǽlcre góde hand fulle,

      106, 15.
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v. ǽr-gód, cyne-gód, efen-gód, un-gód.
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