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† ˈgod-ˌbairn Obs. rare.
[Cf. OSw. gudhbarn, mod.Sw. gudabarn.]
= god-child.
1014Wulfstan Serm. ad Anglos in Hom. (1883) 160 Godsibbas and godbearn to fela man forspilde. 1558Richmond. Wills (Surtees) 113 Item I gyue to euery godbayrne I haue iiijd., and to euery scoller I haue ijd.
b. god-bairn gift: a present made to a god-child.
1535Lyndesay Satyre 788 Quhat salbe my Godbairne gift. 1579Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1814) III. 164 The samyne landis beand gevin in godbairne gift to the erle of huntly be þe cardinall. a1605Montgomerie Misc. Poems iv. 24 Quhy did the gods for godbarne-gift me geive Ambrosian bread..? |