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GOD

  • noun [ masculineneuter ]
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Grammar
GOD, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§7; §43; §106; §128; §223; §253; §284; §299; §315; §344; §426; §445;
God, the Deity, a god. The following epithets occur: dryhten, wealdend, nergend, hǽlend, sóþ, hálig, mihtig, ælmihtig, lifgende, ealwealda, heáhengla, heofona, heofonengla, heofonríces, gǽsta, mihta, mægena, weoruda, wuldres, sigores, sigora.
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  • Án God ys gód,

    • Mt. 19, 17
      • .

  • Nys nán man gód, búton God ána,

    • Lk. 18, 19
      • .

  • Hú gód Israhél God,

    • Ps. Spl. 72, 1
      • .

  • Hér is Godes lamb,

    • Jn. 1, 29
      • .

  • Enoch férde mid Gode,

    • Gen. 5, 24
      • .

  • Ða leásan godas

    false gods,

    • Blickl. Homl. 201, 30
      • .

  • Rachel forstæl hire fæder hǽðenan godas

    Rachel furata est idola patris sui,

    • Gen. 31, 19
      • .

  • Hwí forstæle ðú me míne godas

    cur furatus es deos meos,

    • 31, 30
      • .

  • Hǽðenan godas

    heathen gods,

    • 31, 32
      • .

  • Héðenan godas

    heathen gods,

    • 31, 33
      • .

  • Ne wirc ðú ðé agrafene godas

    work not thou for thyself graven gods,

    • Ex. 20, 4
      • .

  • Drihten sylf ys Goda God, mǽre God, and mihtig, and egefull

    the Lord himself is God of Gods, a great God, a mighty and a terrible,

    • Deut. 10, 17
      • .

  • Ne wyrc ðú ðé gyldne godas oððe seolfrene

    make thou not to thyself golden or silver gods,

    • L. Alf. 10
      • ;
    • Th. i. 44, 21
      • :
    • Ex. 32, 31
      • :
    • 23, 32
      • :
    • Jn. Skt. 10, 34, 35
      • .

  • Ða hǽdenan noldon beón gehealdene on feáwum godum.... Mánfullan men wǽron ða mǽrostan godas

    the heathens would not be contented with few gods.... Guilty men were the mightiest gods,

    • Salm. Kmbl. p. 121, 40
      • .
Etymology
[
Goth. guþ; m
:
O. Sax. O. Frs. god
:
Icel. guð; m. pl. guðir dii
:
O. H. Ger. got; m
:
Ger. gott.
]
Similar entries
v. Grm. D. M. pp. 12 sqq. and cf. god; n.
Linked entries
v.  af-god.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “GOD.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/17294.

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