单词 | gooddeed |
释义 | † gooddeedn. Obsolete. 1. An act of goodness; a good deed; (also) pious or virtuous action.Replaced in later Middle English by good deed as a two-word noun phrase (cf. good adj. 14b): see note in etymology for further details. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > [noun] > right action or well-doing > the doing of good deeds > a good deed goodeOE gooddeedOE goodnessOE good workOE almosec1330 benefit1377 goodshipa1393 alms-deed1425 alms?a1439 desert1563 OE Crist III 1286 Ðonne bið þæt þridde þearfendum sorg.., þæt hy on þa clænan seoð, hu hi fore goddædum glade blissiað, þa hy, unsælge, ær forhogdun to donne þonne him dagas læstun. OE Wulfstan Sermo ad Anglos (Nero) (1957) 272 Þy is nu geworden..to ful yfelan gewunan, þæt menn swyþor scamað nu for goddædan [OE Corpus Cambr. 201 for godan dædan] þonne for misdædan. a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 9 (MED) Hu scolde oðermonnes goddede comen him to gode þe nefre on þisse liue nanes godes ne rohte? a1250 Ureisun ure Louerde (Lamb.) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 187 Swete ihesu..hwine cusse ich þe sweteliche ine gaste wið swote munegunge of þine god-deden. c1330 (?c1300) Speculum Guy (Auch.) (1898) l. 465 (MED) Alone to hope, widoute goddede, Is ydel hope. 2. An act of kindness; a favour; (also) kindly or helpful action. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [noun] > graciousness > favour or grace > instance or act of douthOE wel-dedeOE gooddeedOE boonc1175 fordeedc1230 gracec1300 good turna1375 gratitude?a1513 gratuity1523 favour1605 vouchsafement1629 veniality1655 OE Paris Psalter (1932) lxxvii. 13 Ealra goddæda [L. benefactorum] hi forgiten hæfdon. c1225 (?c1200) Hali Meiðhad (Bodl.) (1940) 260 Al hare song in heouene is forte herien godd of his grace & of his goddede. a1250 Ureisun ure Louerde (Nero) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 201 (MED) A swete iesu, hwi mid ermes of luue ne cluppe ich þe..wið swete munegunge of þine goddeden? a1300 in R. Morris Old Eng. Misc. (1872) 81 (MED) Louerd, hwer and hwenne Dude we þe goddede. ?a1300 Loue is Sofft (Digby) l. 22 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 108 (MED) Loue is geddede [perh. read goddede]..loue mai hous fede. c1390 Cato's Distichs (Vernon) 202 in F. J. Furnivall Minor Poems Vernon MS (1901) 569 Ȝif no mon onswere to þe ffor þi goddede bi nome, Wraþþe þe not. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). gooddeedadv. Now Scottish (Orkney and Shetland). In truth, truly, indeed. Sc. National Dict. (at guid) records this word as still in use in Orkney and Shetland in 1955. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) i. ii. 42 Yet (good-deed) Leontes, I loue thee [etc.] . View more context for this quotation 1880 W. T. Dennison Orcadian Sketch-bk. 10 I ax your pardin mem, says Jock; bit giddeed I toucht ye wad no' be eeble tae come oot yoursel'. 1931 J. T. S. Leask Peculiar People 132 Dere waas nane o' your rapers or binders or horse rakes dan, na giddeed, nor a scy aither. 1988 G. Lamb Orkney Wordbk. at Guid Guideed he wis here a meenit ago. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OEadv.a1616 |
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