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of or
pertaining to God
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  • Godcund andgit and godcund foretiohhung,

      Bt. 39, 4; F. 216, 31.

  • Se godcunda anweald,

      16, 4; F. 58, 13.

  • Ðá ðe sió godcundde stefn ðreáde,

      Past. 91, 7.

  • Þæs godcundan mægenþrymmes,

      Bl. H. 103, 3.

  • On þǽre godcundan dǽde (

    the deed done by Christ

    ),
      215, 28.

  • Godcund gecynd

    diuinam naturam,

      Mk. p. 2, 3.

  • Hí heora mód neár godcundum ðingum lǽtaþ,

      Bt. 40, 7; F. 242, 26.
given by or proceeding from God, having the sanction of or
inspired by God.
of things.
a law, command, doctrine, &c.
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  • Godcundre spǽce

    oraculorum, i. diuinorum eloquiorum,

      An. Ox. 1531.

  • Godcundre gesettnesse

    diuine sanctionis,

      423; 1628.

  • Mid þon worde þæs godcundan gewrites,

      Bl. H. 33, 20.
  • Onbryrde tó godcundre láre, 23.

  • Þǽre godcundan ǽ gehýrsume,

      163, 3.

  • On þám godcundan gebede

    in the Lord's Prayer,

      Ll. Th. i. 372, 28.

  • Þá godcundan láre gehýran . . . þǽr mon ꝥ godspel sægþ,

      Bl. H. 47, 28.

  • Sum mæg godcunde reccan ryhte ǽ,

      Cri. 670.

  • Godcundra beboda,

      Bl. H. 37, 8.

  • On godcundum bócum God beád ꝥ . . .,

      Bt. 41, 3; F. 246, 32.
a benefit, good, &c.
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  • Biddan ðone godcundan fultum,

      Bt. 33, 3; F. 126, 34.

  • Hié helpe findað, godcunde gife,

      El. 1033.

  • Þá sint tó tellanne tó godcundan gódum, . . . God hí gesceóp tó gemágum,

      Bt. 24, 3; F. 82, 30.

  • Geweorþod mid godcundum geofum,

      Bl. H. 133, 3: Gen. 2810.

  • Mid godcundum wuldrum,

      Bl. H. 125, 17.
of persons
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  • Godcunde bydelas, Ll. Th. i. 424, 17. ¶

    having the sanction of the church, prescribed by the church :-- Eów manaþ eówer láreów þæt gé hýrsumian godcundum lárum (divinis disciplinis ),

      Coll. M. 35, 35.

  • Wǽron woroldwitan þe gesettan tó godcundan rihtlagan worldlaga,

      Ll. Th. i. 334, 22: 348, 13: ii. 242, 13.
  • Ǽghwylc crísten man unrihthǽmed forbúge and godcunde laga rihtlíce healde, i. 306, 25: 364, 18.
devoted to God, of persons, worship, service, dues, &c., belonging to the church.
of persons
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  • Godcunde hádas wǽron nú lange swíðe forsawene

    those in holy orders have now for long been despised,

      Wlfst. 158, 9.

  • Micelne sinoð ǽgðer ge godcundra háda ge woruldcundra

    a great synod of churchmen and laymen,

      Ll. Th. i. 244, 3.

  • Ꝥ hí godcundum láreówan hýran,

      326, 14: 424, 7.
of worship, services, &c., of the church
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  • Ic biddo hígon ðaet gé mé gemynen mid suilce godcunde góde suilce iów cynlic ðynce

    I pray that you have such a memorial service for me as may seem to you fitting,

      C. D. i. 294, 1.

  • Mid godcundan scrifte,

      Ll. Th. ii. 240, 15.
  • On godcundan scriftan and woruldcundan steóran, i. 328, 19: 412, 11.

  • Ðæt mon hiora tíd geuueorðiae mid godcundum gódum . . . Ic bidde hígon ðette hié ðás godcundan gód gedón . . . ðaet ęghwilc messepriost gesinge twá messan . . . ond ęghwilc Godes ðiów gesinge twá fíftig,

      C. D. i. 293, 1-33.

  • Godes þeówum þe þá cyrican mid godcundum dreámum weorþiað,

      Bl. H. 41, 27.

  • Godcunde lác bringan,

      47, 4.

  • Godcund gebed,

      Lch. ii. 140, 21.

  • Godcunde gebedo

    prayers addressed to God,

      Wlfst. 240, 16.
of dues, penalties, discipline, &c.
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  • Gif hwá forwyrne godcunde gerihta

    de ecclesiae debita vi detinente.

    Gif hwá mid wíge godcundra gerihta forwyrne,
      Ll. Th. i. 404, 4-6: 170, 7.

  • Tó godcundre bóte gebúgan,

      166, 15.

  • Swá mid godcundre bóte swá mid woruldcundre steóre,

      328, 3.

  • Ǽr hé hæbbe godcunde bóte underfangen,

      248, 24.

  • Tó godcundan neódan

    for the needs of the church,

      328, 9.

  • Bisceope gebyreð ǽlc rihting ge on godcundan þingan ge on woruldcundan, ii. 312, 9. III a. of a heathen deity :-- Þonne móton hié gongan in þone godcundan (cf. þone hálgan bearo, 29, 23) bearo (

    diuinum lucum

    ),
      Nar. 27, 10.

  • On þá godcundan stówe,

      31, 15.
partaking of the nature of God, spiritual
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  • Ðǽm godcundan heáhstan

    anagogen,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 7.

  • Bisceopas þe godcunde heorda bewarian sceolan ꝥ se wódfreca werewulf tó fela ne ábíte of godcundre heorde,

      Ll. Th. i. 374, 29-31.

  • Bodian godcunde þearfe

    predicare spiritualem utilitatem,

      424, 18.

  • Bodian and bysnian godcunde þearfe (

    spirituale proficuum

    ),
      374, 21: 332, 30.

  • Habban godcunde blisse and eác worldcunde,

      Bl. H. 83, 20.

  • Sé ðe wille godcundne wísdóm sécan,

      Bt. 12; F. 36, 9.

  • Ðaette gé fore uueorolde sién geblitsade mid ðém weoroldcundum gódum and hiora sáula mid ðém godcundum gódum,

      C. D. i. 293, 36.

  • In godcundum gǽstgerýnum,

      Gú. 219.
  • IV a. celestial, heavenly.
coming from heaven
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  • Coludes burh forbarn mid godcundum fýre,

      Chr. 679; P. 39, 6.
belonging to heaven
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  • Hé nǽfre nǽnige godcunde englas næfde búton hundlice englas,

      Bl. H. 181, 28.
that makes godlike
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  • Þǽre godcundre besceáwunga

    deifice contemplations

    (v.
      Ald. 11, 5), Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 62.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “god-cund.” 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/51015.

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